Alongside its serious objectives, like testing the Orion capsule in deep space and imaging lava flow remnants on the lunar surface, NASA's Artemis 2 lunar mission had its whimsy, too.
For example, there was a beloved moon toy named "Rise" on the mission serving as a zero-gravity indicator and holding a microchip with the names of space fans who signed up to have their presence enter the lunar arena. There were also the "wakeup songs," a tradition carried on from previous crewed missions. These are exactly what you'd expect. Each day, at the designated wakeup time for the Artemis 2 crew, Mission Control radioed in to Orion and played a short snippet of a song to help them start their day with positivity.
