The event of the banana launching into space refers to SpaceX's Starship rocket carrying a banana as a payload during its sixth test flight. This banana was not only the first payload carried by Starship but was also used as a zero-gravity indicator. Additionally, a banana pattern was added to the external paint of the Starship, a design inspired by the "banana 0x3d4f0513e8a29669b960f9dbca61861548a9a760" found on the internet.