. . . But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't forget about it. Eventually he realized that flight was in his blood, and his dream of space flight was right there waiting for him to come to his senses. Baby Countdown knew that he had to find a way to achieve his goal without the help of wings or magic. But how?

He started by asking the best authorities,

And learning all he could on his own.

Baby Countdown's story still continues today, as does his quest. But he knows that someday he'll find a way to achieve his goals, because he did the most important thing of all--

Here are some other various things relating to Baby Countdown:
 
 

A milestone for Baby Countdown! Here he is in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I know the picture's blurry and it's hard to see what building that is, but you'll have to trust me.

Here's my MIB Baby Countdown, the only MIB older MLP I own. I had to get him, though. :-)

Baby Countdown's backcard story:

"I wish I could fly in a spaceship," sighed Baby Countdown as he played with his toy spaceship. The sun heard his wish and magically sent a spaceship made of golden sunbeams for Baby Countdown to ride! Baby Countdown eagerly climbed on board and the ship flew into space, zipping past glowing planets and zooming by shining stars. As the spaceship returned to Ponyland, Baby Countdown waved to the sun to thank him for a ride that was out of this world!

This page last updated June 10, 2001.