Astronaut's Space Craving: The Honest Company Lotion That Made It to the Moon

When Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch launched into space, she packed the essentials. But somewhere between Earth orbit and lunar operations, one item became her white whale: The Hydrating Face&Body Lotion from Honest Company.

During a livestream update, Koch revealed she’d been hunting high and low through the spacecraft for this specific skincare staple, founded by Jessica Alba back in 2012. The lotion’s gentle, fast-absorbing formula—packed with naturally derived botanicals and designed to work for both babies and adults—apparently made the cut for mission-critical comfort items. Even 250,000 miles from Earth, some luxuries feel essential.

What started as a casual mention from an astronaut in microgravity turned into a full-fledged moment. Jessica Alba’s reaction video to the clip went viral, and suddenly, the internet wanted what Christina Koch couldn’t find. The Nourish scent has already vanished from online retailers, and supply of other variants is tightening fast. Honest Company’s clean beauty empire—already beloved for hypoallergenic skincare, haircare, and body products—just got the ultimate endorsement: space-approved status.

The takeaway? When a real astronaut chooses a product over everything else and then genuinely wishes she had it in space, that’s not a celebrity plug. That’s a quiet testimony to quality that transcends marketing. Honest Company has spent years building trust with parents and everyday people looking for products that actually work without the nasty stuff. Now they’ve got proof their formula can handle conditions beyond Earth.

If you’ve been meaning to try it, the window might be closing. Space exploration waits for no one—and apparently, neither does inventory.