Pokémon Teams Up With ESA For World Space Week After Pikachu’s 67 Days In Orbit

Pokémon is teaming up with the European Space Agency for World Space Week 2026, with Astronaut Pikachu taking center stage. French astronaut Sophie Adenot carried a Pikachu plush to the International Space Station from April 11 to June 17, where it spent 67 days in orbit and circled Earth roughly 1,040 times. The partnership will bring Pokémon-themed space exhibitions to ESA sites and museums acro