00:00To the moon and back again, animated character Shaun the Sheep, whose figurine joined NASA on the Artemis I mission
00:07to the moon,
00:08has landed safely back on Earth and was honored at its home in Bristol.
00:12A certificate celebrating the achievement, a photo wall, and plenty of teary-eyed smiles
00:18as this small collaboration between Aardman Animation Studios and NASA comes to a successful end.
00:25Such a big deal. You know, it's every child's dream, isn't it?
00:28It's famous that you're going to be an astronaut around the moon.
00:32We'd all like to do that. Of course, we can't, all of us.
00:37And so the fact that Shaun was doing it for us seemed very, very important.
00:43The 16-centimeter or 6.2-inch figurine covered 1.4 million miles during its round trip to the moon.
00:51The next-gen rocket blasted off from Florida in November of last year,
00:55inaugurating the U.S. Space Agency's Artemis Exploration Program,
00:59a three-mission program that has humanity back on the moon 50 years after the first Apollo moon mission.
01:06According to animator Hannah Brooks, this mission was perfect for Shaun.
01:11I can only imagine he would love to have such a big adventure.
01:14It's always what he's trying to do in all of his little episodes.
01:18It's always what he's trying to do in all of his little episodes.
01:18It's always what he's trying to do in all of his little episodes.
01:18It's always what he's trying to do in all of his little episodes.
01:18It's always what he's trying to do in all of his little episodes.
01:18It's always what he's trying to do in all of his little episodes.
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