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After docking with the Worldwide House Station, the newest crew visiting the orbital outpost have been met with a startling sight.<\/p>\n
Particularly, Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner greeted them whereas carrying a\u00a0cartoonish alien masks. Footage<\/a> reveals Vagner pushing himself into the docking portion carrying the costume.<\/p>\n He then will be seen haunting the premises whereas crew members are getting ready to deboard the brand new guests.<\/p>\n A NASA spokesperson confirmed to Futurism<\/em> that Vagner “wore it down on the hatch so it might be the very first thing the Crew-10 crew noticed when the hatch opened.”<\/p>\n “It\u2019s actually similar to it seemed to be, a fast prank,” the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n All instructed, it seems like a second of levity \u2014 assuming he did not scare any of the incoming astronauts too badly \u2014 to punctuate an in any other case prolonged and meticulous docking process.<\/p>\n It is a significantly long-awaited mission. Fellow ISS crew members and NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been ready for this second since final summer time,\u00a0with the pair stranded<\/a> on board the ISS since June as a result of major technical issues<\/a> plaguing Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that introduced them there. (The pair have now departed the station<\/a> and are headed again to Earth.)<\/p>\n The hijinx are harking back to the time NASA astronaut Mark Kelly tried to send a full-body gorilla suit<\/a> to his equivalent twin brother Scott, who was stationed on board the ISS on the time.<\/p>\n The primary swimsuit exploded after the SpaceX mission to ship it to the station blew up in June 2015. A second try in February 2016 proved extra profitable,\u00a0and a\u00a0now-iconic video<\/a> reveals Scott Kelly dressing up within the swimsuit and hiding on board the station earlier than coming out to terrify his compatriots.<\/p>\n “After all folks appreciated it,” Kelly told People<\/em> magazine in 2022<\/a>. “How will you not like area gorilla?”<\/p>\n Extra on the mission:<\/strong> NASA Sending Military Personnel to Space Station<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n