A cute stuffed dinosaur hitched a ride on SpaceX’s historic manned launch. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Two American astronauts headed for the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday have some company during their flight: a stuffed dinosaur.
The adorable stuffed animal covered in colorful sequins was spotted riding shotgun during the historic manned mission that successfully launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This marks the first time U.S. astronauts have been launched into space from American soil since the end of the space program in 2011.
As NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken headed for the ISS, the plush dinosaur was seen floating around in the spacecraft.