A privately-funded crew now on a mission to set several records in Earth orbit may not include the first child in space, but they have her hopes, wishes and, most tangibly, original furry spacesuit-clad creation on board.
"Asteroid," a plush Shiba, is the "zero-g indicator" on the Polaris Dawn mission.
"A zero-g indicator is a little plush toy that floats in the air. It basically shows that you are in zero-g," Liv (which she spells "L!√") Perroto, a pediatric cancer survivor who created "Asteroid" at the invitation of the Polaris Dawn crew, said in a video shared on social media. "They kind of hide it over in the corner and then once you hit zero-g, it will float up and reveal itself."
