“I was supposed to leave Rise in Integrity\u2026. but that was not something I was going to do. I stuffed that little guy in a dry bag we had in our survival kit and hooked the bag onto my pressure suit,” he wrote on\u00a0social media.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Rise was seen hanging from Wiseman’s belt or in his hands while on the flight deck of the USS John P. Murtha after splashdown.\u00a0<\/p>\n As for what comes next for Rise? It doesn’t appear Wiseman intends to let him go anytime soon.<\/p>\n “It\u2019s hard not to love this little guy,” he wrote alongside a photo of the plush. “I can’t let Rise out of my sight\u2026currently tethered to my water bottle.”<\/p>\n PS- it\u2019s hard not to love this little guy. I cant let Rise out of my sight\u2026currently tethered to my water bottle. pic.twitter.com\/U8UZYUVQiy<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) April 11, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Rise was also seen still at Wiseman’s side when he reunited with his family.<\/a><\/p>\n
Did you notice a stuffed moon floating around the cabin alongside astronauts Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, Christina Koch and Wiseman for the length of the Artemis II mission?\u00a0<\/p>\n The stuffed plushie was made by 8-year-old Lucas Ye<\/a>, a second-grader from Mountain View, California, and held more than 5.6 million names of people who entered the\u00a0“Fly Your Name” program<\/a>, according to NASA.\u00a0<\/p>\n The round body resembles the Moon and the baseball cap atop its head represents Earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n Its name and design is a direct reference to the iconic “Earthrise” photograph\u00a0<\/a>captured by astronaut Bill Anders during NASA’s Apollo 8 mission in December 1968 \u2014 the first crewed journey around the Moon.<\/p>\n That image, showing a brilliant blue Earth hovering above the lunar horizon against the blackness of space, is widely regarded as one of the most consequential photographs ever taken.<\/p>\n The crew personally participated in selecting the mission’s zero-G indicator and mascot.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hi! I\u2019m Rise!<\/p>\n About a week ago, I launched aboard the Artemis II mission with four of my besties. Since then, I have been serving a very important purpose aboard the Orion spacecraft\u2026 I float. (And I look cute.) <\/p>\n Today, I am taking over the Artemis social media accounts! -Rise pic.twitter.com\/hdTMeq82PC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis) April 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n ![\"\"\/](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/babaf3f5-2d6f-401b-b0c5-2d726714889b_1140x641.jpg\")
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\nWhat was the stuffed toy on the Artemis II mission? <\/p>\n