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: Although it was only briefly seen during SpaceX's live webcast of the launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was instantly recognizable: a polar bear for the first human spaceflight to fly into polar orbit around Earth. The doll, however, had more to it than being shaped after the arctic carnivore; it also has the image of an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest, as a nod to flying over Antarctica and the South Pole, as well.
