This adorable sloth briefly stole the spotlight during JUICE launch

Enlarge / “S’up?” An adorable sloth briefly mugged for the camera during the ESA’s livestream of the JUICE launch on Friday.European Space Agency

Remember the Ariane 5 rocket that successfully lifted off from French Guiana on Friday morning, carrying the JUICE (Jupiter Ice Moons Explorer) spacecraft? As exciting as the launch was for space fans, a random sloth stole plenty of hearts when it photo-bombed the live-streamed feed on ESA Web TV. The plucky sloth—nicknamed Gerard, or Jerry, by viewers—stared calmly into a European Space Agency (ESA) camera with the rocket poised for launch just behind it.

As Eric Berger previously

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