Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
collectSPACE.com — Albert Einstein's "happiest thought" has been proven again by four international astronauts and a small doll made in his likeness.
Upon entering Earth orbit on Wednesday (Oct. 5, 2022), the crew members on board SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft "Endurance" revealed their chosen "zero-g indicator," a plush toy of the late theoretical physicist. Floating at the end of a tether, the doll not only confirmed that the Crew-5 astronauts were safely on their way to the International Space Station, but that one of Einstein's ponderings was indeed true.
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Video credit: NASA/SpaceX
collectSPACE.com — Albert Einstein's "happiest thought" has been proven again by four international astronauts and a small doll made in his likeness.
Upon entering Earth orbit on Wednesday (Oct. 5, 2022), the crew members on board SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft "Endurance" revealed their chosen "zero-g indicator," a plush toy of the late theoretical physicist. Floating at the end of a tether, the doll not only confirmed that the Crew-5 astronauts were safely on their way to the International Space Station, but that one of Einstein's ponderings was indeed true.
Continue reading: collectspace.com/news/news-100522a-spacex-crew5-einstein-zero-g-indicator.html
Video credit: NASA/SpaceX
![SpaceX lands Falcon 9 first stage on drone ship [CRS-8]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y3XyQHK3Eqw/mqdefault.jpg "SpaceX lands Falcon 9 first stage on drone ship [CRS-8]
http://collectSPACE.com — For the first time, SpaceX successfully landed its Falcon 9 rockets first stage on the autonomous spaceport drone ship Of Course I Still Love You in the Atlantic Ocean on April 8, 2016.
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