Ask a Scientist goes to space! Screenwriter Will Staples (The Right Stuff, Without Remorse) talks with Astronaut Rick Mastracchio why you see missions bringing mascots, like Baby Yoda, with them. For luck? For fun? Or is there a real reason?
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