At 17:36 Florida time the falcon nine has blast from Cape Kennedy in Florida with another mission to the international space station with 4 astronauts on board. The first stage detached 5 minutes into the launch and 10 minutes later it landed back at Kennedy Space Centre. The crew onboard aren’t flying alone. They have their special build a bear mascot GiGi wearing a special space suit custom made for the mission.
Good luck to all the astronauts on board and all those at Mission Control.
The feature image of this blog shows Ax-2 commander Peggy Whitson (second from left) holds GiGi, the Build-A-Bear zero-g indicator, while posing with her crewmates Ali AlQarni (at left), Josh Stoffner and Rayyanah Barnawi. (Image credit: Axiom Space)
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