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: For years, Mars Inc. has promoted M&M's as the "first candy in space." They can now add, "and latest at the moon." In a post-flight interview, the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission spoke of eating Peanut M&M's while awaiting recovery after they splashed down. The anecdote, meant to illustrate how their lives had returned to normal, confirmed that the sweet staple of U.S. human spaceflight had now become an Artemis-era snack.
NASA released a new set of photos taken on board Integrity, the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, capturing the four crew members as they traveled to the moon and back. The images also caught an unexpected, but also unmistakable figure aboard: Mickey Mouse has now joined the moon mission club. Less a planned cameo appearance than the result of using an off-the-shelf product, the Disney mascot flew as the illustration on a package of baby wipes.
