02-01-2024, 02:59 AM
So... this is old news, but it was new to me: a gorilla suit was smuggled onto the International Space Station.
(quoted from NASA)
To surprise astronaut Scott J. Kelly for his Feb. 21, 2016, birthday during his one-year mission aboard ISS, his twin brother astronaut Mark E. Kelly arranged for the delivery of a life-size gorilla costume to the station. In addition to some mild-mannered shenanigans while wearing the gorilla costume that he posted to social media, such as chasing fellow Expedition 46 crewmember Timothy N. Peake through the Destiny module, Kelly also recorded some educational videos dressed in the non-standard garb.
Fact Check: Did an Astronaut Smuggle a Gorilla Suit Onto the International Space Station? (newsweek.com)
The astronauts do some fun things for birthdays (including dressing as pirates! https://www.nasa.gov/history/space-stati...ys-on-iss/)
The video of the gorilla chase (one minute in length) is hilarious: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=585409658282626
(quoted from NASA)
To surprise astronaut Scott J. Kelly for his Feb. 21, 2016, birthday during his one-year mission aboard ISS, his twin brother astronaut Mark E. Kelly arranged for the delivery of a life-size gorilla costume to the station. In addition to some mild-mannered shenanigans while wearing the gorilla costume that he posted to social media, such as chasing fellow Expedition 46 crewmember Timothy N. Peake through the Destiny module, Kelly also recorded some educational videos dressed in the non-standard garb.
Fact Check: Did an Astronaut Smuggle a Gorilla Suit Onto the International Space Station? (newsweek.com)
The astronauts do some fun things for birthdays (including dressing as pirates! https://www.nasa.gov/history/space-stati...ys-on-iss/)
The video of the gorilla chase (one minute in length) is hilarious: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=585409658282626
