Smokey the Bear on the International Space Station

On May 15, 2012, Smokey the Bear traveled aboard the Soyuz spacecraft with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin to the International Space Station.
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On May 15, 2012, Smokey the Bear traveled aboard the Soyuz spacecraft with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin to the International Space Station.
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