On April 1, 2026, NASA launched Artemis II aboard the SLS rocket, with four astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen aboard the Orion capsule. The 10-day mission did not include a lunar landing, but it was a crucial test of systems and life support for future missions.
On April 6th, the historic moment arrived: the crew reached 406.000 km from Earth, breaking the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. A historic moment, one that had been anticipated for years.
But the internet had its favorite moment. A few minutes before the record, internal cameras captured a jar of Nutella floating in zero gravity inside the capsule, its label clearly visible. NASA clarified that there was no commercial agreement with Ferrero: the jar was simply in the personal stash of one of the astronauts. Nutella embraced the wave with a tongue-in-cheek flourish, calling itself "honored to have traveled further than any other spread in history."
A small Italian jar, 406.000 km from Earth. What a sight.
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