10 weird things that have been in space
Miscellaneous / / April 11, 2021
Sometimes the term "payload" hides very unexpected items.
1. A sandwich
In general, there is nothing particularly strange about sandwiches. But the one we're talking about is special. After all, this is the world's first sandwich that has been in space. On March 23, 1965, astronauts John Young and Virgil Grissom entered orbit in the Gemini 3 spacecraft.
Suddenly Young took out a sandwichGemini 3 and the first (contraband) corned beef sandwich in space 50 years ago with corned beef, which he secretly carried aboard, and began to eat. He offered half to a friend. True, the astronauts did not finish the sandwich, because the crumbs from it scattered in zero gravity throughout the cabin and could damage the equipment in the future.
Yes, it wasn't a good idea anyway.Gemini 3 and the first (contraband) corned beef sandwich in space 50 years ago.
John Young
NASA's rules even ban bread and, in particular, sandwiches aboard spaceships. So Young was reprimanded for that sandwich that nearly cost him his career.Remembering the Astronaut Who Smuggled a Sandwich Into Space.
2. Pizza
The pizza, at least, wasn't smuggled into space. It was launched on the ISS Roskosmos by order of Pizza Hut in 2001. And it was the world's first deliveryPizza sets new delivery record pizza into space. This pleasure cost $ 1 million.
The pizza recipe had to be changed in order for it to fly decently. Pepperoni was replaced with salami because the first one could not stand the proper shelf life and became moldy. The pizza was also salted so that the taste buds of the crew, weakened in space, could perceive its taste.
3. Tesla car
In February 2018, Elon Musk sent into space with its Tesla Roadster to test the Falcon Heavy super-heavy rocket for the first time. A dummy named Starman in an astronaut suit was put behind the wheel of the car. I played in the car radio until the battery ran out, the David Bowie track Space Oddity - silently, because the interior is open and there is a vacuum around.
The sports car willElon Musk's Tesla Roadster fly through the solar system between the orbits of the Earth and Mars for millions, if not billions of years, and then either crash into the Earth (6% probability) or Venus (2.5%). Well, or it will go into circles until the radiation completely destroys its carbon interior.
4. Luke Skywalker's lightsaber
In 2007, on board the shuttle "Discovery" flew into orbitItems Taken Into Space Reflect Accomplishments on Earth the lightsaber used during the filming of the film "Star Wars. Episode VI: Return of the Jedi ". It was with this sword that Luke fought in the battle with Vader.
Thus, NASA celebrated the 30th anniversary of the release of the first film of the epic. And on the occasion, the shuttle took the Harmony module with it for the ISS.
5. Golf balls
For the first time in the world in space golf playedApollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard in 1971. He arrived on the moon in the Apollo 14 ship with Stuart Roose and Edgar Mitchell.
After completing research on the moon and loading the samples, Shepard pulled two golf ball and, using one of the moon instruments as a golf club, sent them flying for several miles.
Shepard brought the balls to the moon with the knowledge of NASA. They were even sterilized so that life would not arise on our satellite.
Edgar Mitchell, in order to keep up with the commander, threw the ladle for the lunar soil fence, like a spear, after the balls. This is how people began to litter on the moon, not for scientific purposes, but just for fun.
In 2006, the trick aboard the ISS was repeatedISS Expedition 14 crew plays golf in open space Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin. He hit the ball with his club, sending it into circles around the Earth's orbit.
6. Lego Figures
NASA spacecraft "Juno”Was launched to Jupiter on August 5, 2011. With him, in addition to various scientific equipment, he carried three figures Lego: the Roman god Jupiter, his wife Juno and Galileo Galilei.
According toLEGO Figures Flying On NASA Jupiter Probe Scott Bolton, head of the Juno program, did this to increase children's interest in space. Although, if it comes to that, Lego is collected not only by children, but also by huge bearded men.
7. The ashes of the dead
Celestis, Inc. is engaged in launching cremated human remains into space as an additional payload (on passing rockets). Naturally, not just anyone, but those who can pay for it from $ 2,495 (prices can be found at their website).
Among those who were sent into space in the form of a lump of ash weighing from 1 to 7 g, there are actors, psychologists, writers, physicists and astronauts. name list.
World's furthest resting place - research probeSpace burial New Horizons, which flew to Pluto. It contains a particle of the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who discovered Pluto in 1930. The probe passed the planet and went on an endless journey through space.
8. Cheese
On December 8, 2010, SpaceX launched its Dragon cargo spacecraft for the first time. On board he was carrying a "top secret" cargo, which was reportedFirst private spacecraft sent cheese into orbit in the media only after the successful return of the ship.
This secret load was a head of cheese - a kind of reference to a sketchMonty Python - Cheese Shop comedian group "Monty-Python" in a cheese shop.
9. Amelia Earhart's watch and scarf
Amelia Earhart - pilot and first woman to commitAmelia earhart non-stop flight across the Atlantic. In 1937, she disappeared without a trace, going into the air trip around the world.
But her watch and scarf flew aroundAstronauts to Fly Amelia Earhart Watch, Scarf Land as many as 179 times - aboard the Atlantis shuttle in 2009. They were then returned to Earth and housed in the Women's Aviation Museum in Oklahoma.
10. Musical records
In 1977, NASA sentVoyager Golden Record, The golden record to the distant borders of the solar system, two spacecraft Voyager-1 and Voyager-2. Both featured gold plates with greetings in 55 different languages, music from different cultures, voices of people, cries of animals and birds, photographs of the Earth, its coordinates in the Universe and other information.
The discs contain recordings of works by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and Stravinsky, songs by Louis Armstrong and Chuck Berry.
Listen you can do them too - you don't have to fly for the Voyagers for that.
So thanks to these records alienswho fly to enslave the Earth will be sufficiently aware of our culture. And they can better prepare for the capture.
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