About this episode
This episode explores various pranks pulled by astronauts during space missions, highlighting humorous moments in NASA's history.
Since the early days of space exploration, some of NASA's greatest have pulled some great pranks. Learn about our favorites, from a smuggled sandwich to a space gorilla, in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://science.howstuffworks.com/ridiculous-history-5-nasa-greatest-pranks.htm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
People in this episode
Host: BrainStuff
Topics covered
- space exploration
- NASA pranks
- humor in space
- astronauts
- history of space
Keywords
- NASA
- pranks
- astronauts
- space humor
- space exploration
- history
- sandwich
- gorilla
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Organizations: NASA
Books & works: BrainStuff
Places: space
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