Lt. Schicklegruber, the missing astrogator, having stowed away on the Knausgaard, reveals himself after getting hungry. As the rocket careens off course, Captain Casey needs him to return to his post in astrogation, but Dr. Dankmeme insists that Schicklegruber have a lot of therapy and a sandwich instead.

Beatrice and Imelda, chasm creatures on Mars' scarier moon, Phobos, relax at home to terrorize a lone Earth Space Force officer.

What really happened when the rocket ships Vanguard and Knausgaard blasted off on their mission to Pluto? Well? What?

The Cosmic News Service does a live broadcast of the Rockets Knausgaard and Vanguard's successful blast off in humanity's first mission to Pluto! But is it entirely... accurate?

Before blast-off, budget-cutting Lt. Commander Fawna makes a secret call to recently reinstated Ensign Nemesis, ordering to spy on the Knausgaard's crew while he reduces the ship's oxygen ration by 10%. Meanwhile, on the Vanguard, Commander Train blackmails the android, Eugene 2000, to help her spread a false report about Sammy Kahlua, her fraudulent Martian ambassador to Earth.

On the Vanguard, Dr. Delesion uses Lt. Linley to help hide the results of his experiments on Cadet Billy, while on the Knausgaard, Dr. Dankmeme pushes Lt. Chesterfield and Sparky McClean into couples' therapy!

Instead of advancing the plot toward the blast-off to Pluto, Lt. Linley and Ensign Zinn argue about the difference between a planet and a moon. Unlike the rockets' engines, tempers flare!

Interim Captain Casey of the Knausgaard discovers that Commander Train hid the Vanguard's Captain Major in a trunk in Sparky McClean's cabin to delay the blast-offs, and we learn that Commander Train had been a bad roommate at the Space Force Academy. Meanwhile, Cadet Cindy persuades Sammy Kahlua, a Martian entrepreneur, to pose as Mars' ambassador to Earth!

Before the Vanguard and Knausgaard can blast off for Pluto, Captain Major needs to sign various pre-blast off documents. But... he is nowhere to be found! Also, embedded space reporter Sparky McClean has an internal dialogue with herself about something that's making her anxious...

Lt. Schicklegruber, still accidentally AWOL, is hiding in a shed when he encounters a former galactic encyclopedia salesman, while interim Captain Casey upbraids recently reinstated Ensign Nemesis for not wearing the regulation socks.