Eight-year-old space lover’s plushie shoots for moon onboard Nasa rocket

Lucas Ye of California ‘really surprised and very happy’ as mascot designed by him to act as zero-gravity indicatorA zero-gravity indicator designed by a San Francisco Bay Area second-grader is aboard Artemis II, Nasa’s first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. As the rocket entered space following Wednesday’s launch, the smiley-faced plush toy was designed to float under the zero-gravity conditions, indicating to the astronauts they have achieved weightlessness.Eight-year-old Lucas Ye, from Mountain View, is an avid space enthusiast and the mastermind behind the indicator. Continue reading…