It's the "Put A Smile On Your Face" thread, please contribute
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It wasn’t during a movie, a training drill, or a sci-fi show.
It happened in orbit.
1973 ,Skylab — America’s first space station. Astronaut Owen Garriott was brilliant, disciplined… and secretly, a master prankster.
Before launch, he packed something “unofficial” — a small cassette recorder. On it? The voice of his wife, Helen, recorded for one very specific target: flight controller Robert Crippen at Mission Control.
Weeks into the mission, Garriott sat by the comm panel, waited for the perfect moment, and hit play.
Silence.
Crippen’s voice came back, tight and confused:
Another pause — longer this time.
For a whole minute, the thought hung in the air: Did NASA just accidentally launch a civilian woman into space?
And then… laughter. The truth came out. The tension broke.
To this day, it’s still remembered as one of the most legendary pranks in space history.
Because even 270 miles above Earth, astronauts know — a good joke is universal.
He wasn't?...... just remember gents no one, not even Keith Richards, was born old)
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Notice the smile?
