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The Unofficial Guide to Packing for the Moon

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NASA’s Artemis II mission broke a 56-year distance record, carried four astronauts around the far side of the Moon, and among the crew’s personal food choices, included a jar of Nutella — a morale item, technically. Which got us thinking: if you had to pack a handful of non-essential comforts for a trip to the Moon, what would actually make the cut?

It went to space before we even made this list, so the decision was already made for us. The Artemis II crew packed Nutella alongside beef brisket, mac and cheese, and scrambled eggs for their 10-day mission — because so far away from home, and sleeping in........

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