SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronauts have been having some enjoyable on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) forward of their journey house later this week.
Astronaut Matthias Maurer tweeted a video of him and his fellow Crew-3 astronauts performing some fastidiously choreographed synchronized floating set to Johann Strauss’s well-known Blue Danube Waltz.
In a tweeted video (beneath) of what Maurer described because the “swimsuit match waltz,” the astronaut commented: “I believe I would miss microgravity and these antics.”
In case anybody is questioning how astronauts verify their spacesuits
We name this the 'swimsuit match waltz'. I believe I would miss microgravity and these antics with @Astro_Raja, @AstroMarshburn & Kayla. #Crew3 #CosmicKiss pic.twitter.com/mbranaZm6C
— Matthias Maurer (@astro_matthias) May 2, 2022
However there was truly an excellent motive for the astronauts to don their fits previous to the journey house, as they should guarantee they’re in good situation for the journey.
NASA’s Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, together with Maurer of the European Area Company (ESA), are set to depart the Worldwide Area Station on Wednesday earlier than splashing down within the sea off Florida the next day.
The 4 astronauts have spent the final six months dwelling aboard the orbiting outpost, engaged on a slew of science experiments, collaborating in spacewalks, answering questions from people again on the bottom, and having fun with the superb views of Earth.
Maurer used Twitter to maintain his followers updated on his time in area. A few of his posts confirmed common life aboard the station, together with how astronauts get a haircut in microgravity situations, how they keep match, and the way they prepare for mattress. One other of his tweets featured a cool picture of the station’s seven-window Cupola module.
Taking on from Crew-3 is Crew-4, whose crewmembers arrived on the area station final week to start their very own six-month keep in microgravity situations.
This isn’t the primary time we’ve seen ISS astronauts performing just a little area boogie. Final yr we noticed ESA’s Thomas Pesquet doing what he described as a “spacewalk dance” that helps to purge the physique of nitrogen as a part of a pre-spacewalk security process.
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