Lone Jar of Nutella Drifts Around Cabin of Moon Spacecraft
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech We were watching with bated breath as the crew of NASA’s historic Artemis 2 mission became the farthest any humans had ever ventured from Earth. Just after 2 pm Eastern time, the four astronauts reached a maximum distance of 252,752 miles as their Orion spacecraft whipped around the Moon. Sharing the momentous occasion was a lone jar of Nutella hazelnut spread, which could be seen floating through the cabin around four minutes before breaking the record that was previously set by NASA’s Apollo 13 mission in 1970. In other words, while their toilet may continue to act up and they’re forced to sleep in cocoon-like sleeping bags during their ten-day mission, they at least didn’t have to miss out on any calorific indulgences. “Nutella just hit a world record flying as far away from Earth as nobody else did before,” one X user mused. Others pointed out the enormous and possibly free publicity Italian Nutella manufacturer Ferrero just …
