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Topic: Starliner CFT zero-g indicator: Calypso
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54245
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-06-2024 07:15 PM
   
collectSPACE 'Sparkly' narwhal toy trades sea for space as Boeing Starliner zero-g indicatorWhat has one horn, two crewmates and shares a name with its ride into orbit? "Calypso," the plush sequined narwhal that is flying with NASA astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams on the crew flight test (CFT) of "Calypso," Boeing's CST-100 Starliner commercial spacecraft. A toy-version of the deepest-diving marine mammal, it is soon to be the highest-flying example of its kind while serving as the crew's "zero-g indicator."  |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3161
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 03-18-2025 05:53 AM
'Sparkly' narwhal toy, Starliner zero-g indicator — any word on whether this ZGI is coming home with Crew-9? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 54245
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-18-2025 06:02 AM
I had a chance to ask Suni Williams about Calypso while she was still aboard the space station. Here's what she said: Calypso, our zero-gravity indicator, went home with Calypso. The way it came up is the way it came home. | |
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