Astronauts on The Space Station Liked SpaceX's 'Earthy' Toy So Much They Kidnapped It

Science Alert ^ | 03/10/2019 | Dave Mosher

[BenLurkin]

In the meantime, three Expedition 58 crew members living aboard the space station – NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko – have adopted "little Earthy" as an unofficial rookie in training.

The crew opened the hatch and emptied the cargo, hailing SpaceX's arrival as historic. McClain immediately took to the Little Earth.

"Earth will learn a lot during his busy week on @Space_Station — today he kept me company while we checked our suit sizing to account for space growth (I am 2 inches taller than when I launched!)" McClain tweeted.

[BenLurkin]

your tax dollars at work

[Roccus]

(I am 2 inches taller than when I launched!)

So that's how Kyler Murray did it!

[butlerweave]

Did you see the pictures of Earthy doing Space Station stuff ,LOL

[rlmorel]

Sigh.

[RedMonqey]

"NASA astronaut Anne McClain, Canadian Space Agency astronaut David Saint-Jacques, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko – have adopted "little Earthy"”






It's been done before and it lead to WW2

[ichabod1]

Earthy McEarthFace?

[al baby]

I know some astronauts are raving lefties but still i respect them for having the cajones to get on a big a$$ fire cracker

[PCPOET7]

any one willing to risk being blown up at launch, suffocated in space and having there body crushed on impact to earth deserves respect

[hoagy62]

I wondered why ‘Little Earthy’ wasn’t aboard Crew Dragon when it splashed down. Now I know.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

Is this anything like Microsoft’s Clippy?

[BenLurkin]

http://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/Uh_Yeah.mp3

[Deplorable American1776]

Why not have fun in space...? I sure wouldn’t go into space...

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fieldmarshaldj. That particular plush toy is sold out, it happened fast, apparently due to the publicity.