mccDec 16, 2022

Presenting: "Space Karen".

This is Karen Nyberg, who was a NASA astronaut from 1991 to 2020 and logged 180 days in space between 2008 and 2013. In 2013 while stationed on the ISS she sewed a stuffed dinosaur, believed to be the only stuffed animal ever manufactured in space, out of fabric scavenged from Roscosmos food containers and stuffing from a shredded T-shirt.

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Pictured: The stuffed dinosaur Karen Nyberg handmade in space, name unknown. https://www.space.com/22988-astronaut-sews-dinosaur-toy-space.html
'Made in Space!' Astronaut Sews Dinosaur Toy from Space Station Scraps

There is a dinosaur on the International Space made by NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg. See how she sewed the dinosaur toy in space here.

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Dec 16, 2022 at 11:39pmWeb
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FULL DISCLOSURE: The above posts initially inaccurately described the stuffed dinosaur as "knitted". It is, obviously as you can see from the photograph, sewn. I have corrected this with the Mastodon "edit" feature.
Show threadbrett danversDec 17, 2022

@mcc it's handy isn't it!

I read your first post, scrolled down and read this one. Scrolled back up an it had changed. And it shows the editing time.

Show threadCrystal Huff (they/them)Dec 17, 2022
@mcc I love everything about this thread!
Show threadAvery Prometheus RosenDec 18, 2022
@mcc Hahah, one subtoot included for free with original toot.
Show threadTerrafied Kestrel Dec 16, 2022

@mcc

"believed to be the only stuffed animal ever manufactured in space" was not on my "Odd statements bingo card today.

Show threadmccDec 16, 2022
@terrafiedkestrel Technically, there's no way we can prove that stuffed animals weren't created during previous NASA or Roscosmos missions, but for whatever reason kept secret.
Show threadshorkDec 16, 2022
@mcc @terrafiedkestrel time for a FOIA request
Show threadDavid EmmettDec 18, 2022
@mcc @terrafiedkestrel this what they are really hiding at Roswell. Space haberdashery.
Show threadSiobhán McElduffDec 17, 2022
@terrafiedkestrel @mcc hoping this is a trivia question one day
Show threadBagheeraAltered ​ Dec 16, 2022
@mcc knitting in zero gravity seems difficult
Show threadmccDec 16, 2022
@BagheeraAltered You think so? I would have guessed that it would be a little more convenient because things stay where you put them instead of falling by gravity. It might help that the fabric seems to be a little bit rigid...
Show threadNobody In ParticularDec 17, 2022
@mcc @BagheeraAltered In a gravity environment, when you put things down, friction keeps them in place. In zero gravity, it's impossble to place things with exactly zero velocity, so they will slowly drift around, and you'll be forever coralling them back.
Show threadbrocolie (tots not a vampire)Dec 16, 2022
@mcc it looks so good too, I wanna hug it
Show threadChris MurphyDec 16, 2022
@mcc Not to be pedantic but that looked sewn not knitted...
Show threadmccDec 16, 2022
@chris Oh, hm, I think you're right.
Show threadChris MurphyDec 16, 2022
@mcc But cool either way!
Show threadWayne WernerDec 17, 2022
@chris @mcc to be pedantic, that was pedantic 🤣
Show threadChris MurphyDec 17, 2022
@ketmorco @mcc and that’s recursive
Show threadvDec 17, 2022
@mcc it makes me happy that it was then played with by a 3 year old, rather than immediately going to some museum somewhere
Show threadmccDec 17, 2022
@v I sincerely wonder whether / how long it survived
Show threadvDec 17, 2022
@mcc same. I hope it got chewed on, or lost in a shopping mall, or something equally undramatic.
Show threadTobias MiggeDec 17, 2022
@mcc 👆 @Delasaster
Show threadOdradekDec 17, 2022
@mcc @mikamckinnon 👀 🧸
Show threadOhsinDec 17, 2022
@mcc Sewsie the spacedino stuffed with the right stuff! 😅
Show threadStephane Morichere-MatteDec 18, 2022
@mcc @threddyrex meet Space Rex!