The plush version of Charles Schulz' comic strip beagle was retrieved from the Orion capsule that flew it to the moon and back.
, Snoopy was only seen at a distance, floating at the end of his leash at the bottom of Orion's crew cabin as viewed from a camera mounted on the aft wall.A color-altered photo highlights Snoopy floating aboard NASA's Artemis I Orion spacecraft as the moon mission's"zero-g indicator."a tradition that was borrowed from the Russian space program that uses toys to signal when the spacecraft has entered the microgravity environment of space.
The new photos show Snoopy is no worse the wear for the trip. Sporting a wide smile, the plush flew to the moon and back in a miniature version of NASA's Orion Crew Survival System pressure suit,used to produce the real garments. A full-size suit was also tested on Artemis I, as worn by"After landing off the coast of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula on Dec.
Engineers have now removed some of Orion's exterior back shell panels and have opened the hatch as the capsule undergoes post-flight study and analysis. NASA's Artemis I Orion capsule is secured on a platform inside the Multi-Payload Processing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft is now being unpacked of its equipment and undergoing post-flight engineering study.
The Artemis 1 mission was primarily flown as a test of the spacecraft's heat shield, proving it could safely return from the moon and reenter
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