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'Star Wars' Fans Notice An Adorable Addition To The New Space Station Crew

It's as if millions of voices suddenly cried out, "Aww!"
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Eagle-eyed “Star Wars” fans spotted an adorable addition to the crew that launched into space on Sunday: The Child, better known as Baby Yoda.

The four astronauts onboard used a plush toy of the beloved character from the Disney+ series “The Mandalorian” to determine whether they had reached zero gravity:

F9/Crew-1: No additional word on the propellant line heater issue; meanwhile, live video from inside the Crew Dragon included a shot of the astronauts' zero-gravity indicator -- a Baby Yoda doll pic.twitter.com/sXEioy6H8v

— William Harwood (@cbs_spacenews) November 16, 2020

Watch the flight video closely and you’ll see Baby Yoda make a few cameos, floating among the crew:

Views inside the Crew Dragon Resilience spacecraft reveal a “Baby Yoda” toy joined the astronauts on the launch as their zero G indicator.https://t.co/baLJVLCH0T pic.twitter.com/wNBNcOCo1m

— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) November 16, 2020

SpaceX has a history of using adorable zero-gravity indicators, including a plush anthropomorphic Earth last year and a stuffed dinosaur during the company’s first crewed launch earlier this year.

The Crew Dragon capsule is set to dock with the ISS on Monday.

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