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'Aurora' the baby falcon plush toy takes flight again as SpaceX Crew-9 zero-g indicator

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The " zero -g [gravity] indicator" flew aboard SpaceX's Crew-9 mission to the International Space Station on Saturday ( Sept. 28 ) "I've got a little Falcon here," said NASA astronaut Nick Hague , as he revealed the small plush baby falcon in the crew cabin of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft " Freedom " The idea to fly a zero -g indicator can be traced back to the first human spaceflight by Soviet -era cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin .

Robert Pearlman is a space historian, journalist and the founder and editor of collectSPACE.com .

He is also a contributing writer for Space.com and co-author of " Space Stations: The Art, Science , and Reality of Working in Space" He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin .