When Astronaut Scott Kelly Wore a Gorilla Suit On International Space Station

Wild animals sometimes pose a threat to people living near the forest. When animals get close to the house, people often start running around in fear. But have you ever wondered what you’d do if those animals appeared in front of you? Of course, this is a frightening thought, but something frightening recently occurred on the International Space Station, and nothing could be scarier than that. The International Space Station was visited by a ‘Gorilla.’ Taken aback? In a video now going viral on Twitter, a gorilla is seen flying in the zero-gravity environment of a space station. This isn’t a real gorilla in space, though. According to a report in People, Astronaut Scott Kelly was sent a gorilla suit by his brother, Mark Kelly, who also happens to be his identical twin.

The video, which went viral in 2016 and is still doing the rounds of the Internet, saw Scott wearing the gorilla suit and scaring his fellow crewmate and British astronaut Tim Peake. Peake, terrified, flew away frantically to save his life. That, too, was staged.

“That’s all staged," Scott was quoted as saying by People. “That’s why he’s floating around, swimming in air, we wanted it to look funny." You need a little humor," he further added.

However, over the years, the video has gained notoriety for Mark being wrongly credited as the gorilla costume wearer when it was his brother, Scott, aboard the ISS, all along.

Here is the link to the OG video:

The International Space Station (ISS) is a low-Earth-orbiting modular space station. NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and the Canadian Space Agency are among the five space agencies involved in the project.

Intergovernmental treaties and agreements govern the ownership and use of the space station.

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