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: For years, Mars Inc. has promoted M&M's as the "first candy in space." They can now add, "and latest at the moon." In a post-flight interview, the crew of NASA's Artemis II mission spoke of eating Peanut M&M's while awaiting recovery after they splashed down. The anecdote, meant to illustrate how their lives had returned to normal, confirmed that the sweet staple of U.S. human spaceflight had now become an Artemis-era snack.
