Snoopy, mannequins and Apollo 11 items will swing by the moon aboard Artemis I

Turn to CNN for live coverage from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this week. As part of NASA’s collaboration with the European Space Agency, which provided the service module for Orion, a small Shaun the Sheep toy will also be an Artemis passenger. NASA A number of the items – such as space science badges from the Girl Scouts of America, digitized student visions of lunar exploration from the German Space Agency and digital entries from the Artemis Moon Pod essay contest – honor the contributions of students and teachers with an interest in STEM. Several Apollo items are along for the ride, including an Apollo 8 commemorative medallion, an Apollo 11 mission patch, a bolt from one of Apollo 11’s F-1 engines and a small moon rock collected during Apollo 11 that also flew aboard the final space shuttle flight. The bolt from one of Apollo 11's F-1 engines will fly on Artemis I. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum Cultural pieces will be on the flight, too.