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Author	Topic: SpaceX Crew-10 zero-g indicator: Droog
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 55099 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-14-2025 10:25 PM collectSPACE SpaceX Crew-10 folds traits, hopes into origami crane zero-g indicator What do you get when you fold together the ambitions and contributions of four space station-bound astronauts from the United States, Japan and Russia? A zero-g indicator in the form of an origami crane. Minutes after arriving in Earth orbit, the members of Crew-10 — SpaceX's tenth operational mission to the International Space Station under NASA's commercial crew program — revealed their choice for the traditional plush toy used to signal they entered the microgravity environment of outer space.
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 55099 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 03-15-2025 11:06 AM The article includes images of a similar crocheted origami crane found on Etsy, but as Kim, the creative mind and origami aficionado behind Orikim, readily admits, she did not make the crane now in space. If anyone learns who did create the Crew-10 zero-g indicator, please share it here. Anne McClain only said it was a small business owner in the United States.
GACspaceguy Member Posts: 3209 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006	posted 03-27-2025 04:57 PM I think the one that I received is very close if not the same as the Crew-10 ZGI. (It also looks like I really need a new shelf!)
Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 55099 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 08-20-2025 03:32 PM During today's post-flight press conference, I conveyed a request for the crew to share photos of Droog either from their time in orbit or now back on Earth. Nichole Ayers said they will definitely do so (and we will share that here when that happens), but she also mentioned that Droog lived in the U.S. Destiny Lab during their stay on the space station. With that hint, I was able to find this photo of Droog, hidden in plain view:

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