Smokey Bear Aboard the International Space Station

Smokey Bear, aboard the International Space Station. On May 15, 2012, Smokey traveled aboard the Soyuz spacecraft with NASA astronaut Joe Acaba and Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin to the space station. NASA, the U.S. Forest Service and the Texas Forest Service celebrated Smokey's 68th birthday August 9, 2012, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. (NASA ID: ISS032-E-011678)