It's called Rise and no, it's not a simple doll that Christina Koch has brought back as a souvenir of space. This little astronaut had a very important mission aboard Artemis II: to indicate when the ship reached zero gravity. When Rise started to float, the crew could visually verify that it had arrived at weightlessness. But there is more: inside they traveled the names of almost 5.7 million people from all over the world. His design was creat…
It's called Rise and no, it's not a simple doll that Christina Koch has brought back as a souvenir of space. This little astronaut had a very important mission aboard Artemis II: to indicate when the ship reached zero gravity. When Rise started to float, the crew could visually verify that it had arrived at weightlessness. But there is more: inside they traveled the names of almost 5.7 million people from all over the world. His design was creat…