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Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman celebrated the splashdown with sheer joy, proudly keeping Rise—the mission’s plush mascot—tied to his water bottle, a symbol of the public’s affection for the mission and the crew’s emotional reunion on returning to Earth.
During NASA's Artemis II mission, commander Reid Wiseman defied a post-splashdown checklist to keep Rise, a plush zero-gravity indicator moon mascot, with him from launch through splashdown and back to Earth; Rise, created by a California student and carrying over 5 million names, became a symbol of hope on the mission, and the crew even suggested naming a crater after Wiseman's late wife Carroll. Rise remained secured to Wiseman's suit after splashdown and has since appeared publicly with the crew, with NASA yet to disclose its final disposition.
Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman kept Rise, the zero-gravity mascot, with him through splashdown and returned home with the toy still secure, turning Rise into a mission emblem; the crew even floated the idea of naming a lunar crater after Wiseman’s late wife Carroll, with the plan to forward the suggestion to the IAU, while Rise continued to appear in post‑mission photos and posts.