The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.

Since then, many of Gagarin's fellow cosmonauts have flown toys ... the Artemis 2 astronauts will wear on Orion. The Peanuts comic strip beagle spent most of the 25.5-day flight floating at ...

NASA astronaut Anne McClain unpacked the first Astrobee robot — Bumble — on the ISS in 2019. NASA The floating bots include various cameras and sensors for navigation, and also come with a ...