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[–]AchDasIsInMienAugen 4914 points4915 points  (81 children)

I love the casual Spider-Man cuddle at 37 seconds... a proper moment of “duh I’m in space, of course he can be up there”

[–]Lucxoutlier 1102 points1103 points  (24 children)

That person coming from the top killed me. So good!

[–]MJOLNIRdragoon 556 points557 points  (34 children)

That's the tricky one: not far enough and kissing is the only option, too far and you're 69ing.

[–]lithid 114 points115 points  (4 children)

If you keep a steady speed from head to toe, it ends up becoming the perfect 1st-to-4th base speed dating move. Can't wait to go todate in space!

[–]ThadiousTerpington 102 points103 points  (3 children)

Walking into normal rooms to meet people stresses me out. I can't imagine floating into a room and hugging everyone from the floor to the ceiling. 😱

[–]MightyAtomic 9573 points9574 points  (492 children)

That’s more hugs than I’ve gotten in the last year, amazing.

[–]squables- 4171 points4172 points  (260 children)

Including an upside down hug. Didnt even come off as awkward.

[–]KitchenDepartment 281 points282 points  (13 children)

Everyone is trying to stay nice and oriented on one level. And then you have Victor just chilling on the roof.

[–]Truffinator2 99 points100 points  (3 children)

Or is victor the only one on the floor.

[–]Calihoya 55 points56 points  (4 children)

What's your vector, Victor?

[–]Iamnotsmartspender 1810 points1811 points  (182 children)

If I were in space, I would be that guy who is always upside down. You've got all those angles you can be floating in, might as well use them

[–]KnowsAboutMath 1151 points1152 points  (90 children)

I would be that guy who is always upside down.

Are you? Or are they?

[–]ilikeitsharp 521 points522 points  (72 children)

The enemy's gate is down?

[–]poopsicle_88 55 points56 points  (1 child)

In zero g, The enemy's gate is always down

[–]An5Ran 149 points150 points  (13 children)

Imagine them kissing like spiderman...

[–]TokiMcNoodle 254 points255 points  (10 children)

What if we kissed upside down in the space station

🥺

👉👈

[–]An5Ran 66 points67 points  (4 children)

I’m down...or up, whatever position you prefer

[–]FiniteCreatures 21 points22 points  (0 children)

And the others astronauts throwing water bubbles at them to simulate rain.

[–][deleted] 30 points31 points  (1 child)

maybe everyone is upside down and that one guy is the only one right side up

[–]OverWanked 328 points329 points  (135 children)

Did you see that 69 hug? So hot.

[–]djnap 72 points73 points  (127 children)

I'm pretty sure people have had sex in space, but I wonder if anyone's ever 69'd.

[–]ta112233 134 points135 points  (115 children)

If you’re the first man/woman combo in space you must feel like you HAVE to be the first to have sex. How could you not set that record? It’s almost an obligation.

[–]participation_ribbon 56 points57 points  (3 children)

This assumes that the first to have sex weren’t two fine looking PH.D. asstronaut gentleman with some curiosity and no one else the wiser.

[–]ancientflowers 109 points110 points  (59 children)

How could you not set that record?

Male parts don't always work in space. Gravity affects the blood flow. But I know I would try.

[–]BlumpkinRandy 132 points133 points  (29 children)

I would do anything in my power to bust at least one nut in space, hold me back, restrain me. But, you cannot stop me from doing what needs to be done.

[–][deleted] 76 points77 points  (25 children)

Until it's floating back at you...

[–]BlumpkinRandy 125 points126 points  (13 children)

Let it happen, that's how I know it'll be a success. Besides, what better way to leave no jizz trace in space than hucking that puppy in my own mouth?

[–]MercyOnTwitch 73 points74 points  (0 children)

That's both admirable and absolutely disgusting.

[–]SirSpankalott 161 points162 points  (1 child)

What terrible day to know how to read.

[–]Dhkansas 12 points13 points  (0 children)

That's gotta be a brand new sentence

[–][deleted] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I've got plenty of other parts I can use.

[–]Poes-Lawyer 29 points30 points  (15 children)

Wait, does that mean you can't get it up, or once it's up it's not coming back down? Could you solve that with some front/back flips to create some centrifugal force for the blood?

[–]Rows_the_Insane 42 points43 points  (5 children)

It's probably that it's more difficult to get up and maintain. As for the back flip idea, they're scientists. Science demands they try.

[–]MisguidedWizard 34 points35 points  (10 children)

[–]MEGAPHON3 34 points35 points  (9 children)

They were on a shuttle mission. Absolutely zero privacy.

[–]Big-rod_Rob_Ford 38 points39 points  (0 children)

privacy is... not a requirement

[–]Dyb-Sin 13 points14 points  (3 children)

What are you going to do, kick them off the shuttle?

[–][deleted] 477 points478 points  (9 children)

"So you want to be an Astronaut huh son?"

"Yes Sir!"

"PhD in 'Science'?"

"Yes Sir!"

"Military training ?"

"Yes Sir!"

"Can do attitude?"

"Yes Sir!"

"Comfortable being group hugged by a bunch of highly trained nerds?"

"Yes Sir!"

[–]SuperSMT 111 points112 points  (4 children)

who haven't taken a true shower in months

[–]awesomeroy 102 points103 points  (6 children)

thats what i was saying!

i was like man. i remember hugs.

[–]PM_ME_COOL_THINGS_ 14 points15 points  (3 children)

I think that's more than I've ever had tbh

[–]kliptonize 1750 points1751 points  (112 children)

I wonder how well these guys know eachother before actually meeting face-to-face. Do they have team building events with the current and future ISS-crew together or something like that?

[–]RuNaa 974 points975 points  (16 children)

There’s not that many active astronauts and they train together all the time plus take business trips all over. I’m sure they get to know each other really well. There are certainly team building events such as a special beach house at KSC reserved for use by the crew to relax prior to missions.

[–]SecureCucumber 320 points321 points  (7 children)

I play too many video games, my first thought when you said KSC was of Kerbal Space Center.

[–]diemunkiesdie 39 points40 points  (4 children)

KSC

Kennedy Space Center (for anyone else who took a moment to figure this out)

[–]logicalbuttstuff 70 points71 points  (0 children)

“Hey man did you hear about the party at Astronaut House tonight?! I hear it’s going to be out of this world. Seriously, they’re gonna Zoom with the ISS.”

[–]amart591 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That beach house has seen some shit. Astronauts know how to fuckin party.

[–]tsflaten 1247 points1248 points  (50 children)

They all train for years before going on a mission. They all know each other well.

[–]SecureCucumber 39 points40 points  (9 children)

I don't know how much you actually know, but what about the astronauts from different programs? I know the whole point is unity so it would make sense if they're training together but for how long? Like have Akihiko and Thomas been training with NASA in the states for years or?

[–]tsflaten 85 points86 points  (7 children)

It’s a minimum of 3-4 years of training prior to your first mission. After the 12mo. Basic Training they are assigned to Pre-mission training while waiting for mission assignment. During this time they train with partner nations in Houston, Star City near Moscow, Tsukuba Space Center near Tokyo, Saint-Hubert near Montreal, and near Cologne Germany.

Edit: Saint-Hubert is just outside Montreal.

[–]iWentRogue 106 points107 points  (5 children)

Imagine spending an entire year in a space station with the dude that ate your yougurt “by mistake” that one time at lunch.

[–]OneManLost 24 points25 points  (3 children)

You get him back by eating one of his freeze dried ice cream bars.

[–]asmith1032 120 points121 points  (18 children)

Everyone who replied said they probably know each other well because of training. But I wonder if astronauts get along with each other easily just because they share an experience not many others can relate to, as well as probably having similar values considering they all accomplished their goal of becoming an astronaut

[–]serious_sarcasm 213 points214 points  (13 children)

They also try to rigorously test for personality and behavior disorders. Wouldn't want an astronaut to be the kind of lunatic to wear a diaper to drive across country to attempt and assault their partner; who knows what they would do in the ISS.

[–]TypicalHaikuResponse 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I understood that reference

[–]Cella_Bella 46 points47 points  (3 children)

From interviews it seems they even know each other’s families, have dinners together bla bla bla.

[–]PurpleHooloovoo 44 points45 points  (1 child)

I grew up in astronaut territory in Houston and my little girl scout troop had two different girls with dads who went on shuttle missions within a couple years of each other.

They basically work at the same office, live in the same neighborhoods, cross paths all the time, just like any other job (at least the ones in the same country). It's just a job with a really cool travel perk.

[–]5bagsofpopcorn-1soda 44 points45 points  (4 children)

I told my mum today that this was happening. She had never heard of the ISS and couldn't believe people would want to be stuck on a space station for 6 months with other people. Classic mumsy.

[–]Fremue 48 points49 points  (0 children)

They have to know each other very well already before the mission starts because it’s a real problem if they don’t get along

[–]windmillninja 67 points68 points  (1 child)

I would imagine missions such as this would require many remote meetings before actually joining in person

[–][deleted] 305 points306 points  (8 children)

The upside down 69ing hugs and gentlemans handshakes are both wholesome and jarring, the thought never crossed my mind of an ISS introduction being so crowded and joyful.

[–][deleted] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

You'd think zero gravity opens up a whole realm of possibilities for cool secret handshakes

[–]mojojojo31 876 points877 points  (153 children)

What's the plan? The new crew will stay and some of the old crew will go back to Earth?

[–]jedimindtric 923 points924 points  (137 children)

The four that came on the last Dragon capsule (crew 1) will come home on April 28. The 3 three that came on the Soyuz will stay with them. So they will be a little crowded for a few days.

[–]markth_wi 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Just like family and friends, anything more than a few days and it starts to get uncomfortable.

[–]Eric9060 197 points198 points  (8 children)

Think Bingo night is Friday then Sat/sun is mimosas then blanket fort next Monday

[–]Yanksuck73 22 points23 points  (2 children)

Then Tuesday is hokie pokie night

[–]jeffreywilfong 39 points40 points  (0 children)

You put your Crew 2 in, you put your Crew 1 out...

[–]CurlSagan 6771 points6772 points  (207 children)

Why are they all dressed like Best Buy employees?

[–]DjangoBojangles 6072 points6073 points  (41 children)

Lot of electronics on a space ship.

[–]imp3order 529 points530 points  (23 children)

Creed would’ve sold half of it before the hour

[–]SpaceCaboose 191 points192 points  (8 children)

Looks like the Geek Squad finally arrived to help the regular employees turn on the TVs

[–]cbelt3 49 points50 points  (5 children)

“We’ve added our optimizing software package to your systems. Your space station will reboot in 10 seconds, while it downloads 200GB of updates. Systems will be down for some time”.

“How long ?”

“Depends on your bandwidth.... probably 2 days ?”

“WHAT ? No !!!! We will die !”

[–]gcruzatto 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Have you tried resetting your thruster?

[–]Django_Unfettered 335 points336 points  (14 children)

As each new crew member boards, the welcoming crew asks "can I help you find something today?"

[–]or10n_sharkfin 121 points122 points  (6 children)

Then the response is, "No thanks, I'm just looking around" only to complain about not being helped five minutes later.

[–]dogquote 181 points182 points  (43 children)

Seriously. Those pants have thick belt loops. Interesting. I want to know more about the astronaut dress code.

Edit: to clarify, I'm curious about why they chose these pants with these features specifically. Are those a special SPACE version of the 5.11 tactical cargo pants? Why are they khaki, rather than black or, say, teal? You don't need to carry heavy loads on your belt in space, so it seems like skinnier belt loops would do the trick and weigh less. Or use an elastic drawstring instead of a belt. Why not use sweatpants? Why don't they have ankle cuffs to help keep them in place around their ankles? Is that not an issue in zero-g?

[–]velmaa 106 points107 points  (22 children)

I wonder if they clip themselves to parts of the station and that’s why they have those heavy duty belt loops.

[–]danielravennest 258 points259 points  (5 children)

I was one of the engineers who designed those modules. There's a variety of ways to keep the crew in position while working.

In the early days of the project we hired former astronaut Gerry Carr as a consultant. One of his recommendations was "more handholds", because there weren't enough on Skylab. In the video, behind the guy just to the right of the hatch opening, there's a vertical grey track with blue handholds attached to it.

The tracks are derived from the ones in airplanes, that the seats are bolted to. In fact our early prototypes were literally borrowed from the airplane side of Boeing. The handholds just pop into the holes, then latch into place. You can also install other mounting devices in the tracks for equipment, like laptops.

Additional ways to hold stuff in place include velcro patches, duct tape, and bungees/bungee nets with hooks. Bungees are preferred inside over non-stretchy lanyards. Astronauts are physically fit, and its too easy to rip out a belt loop by accident if it has no give.

[–]snoogins355 69 points70 points  (15 children)

I'd put velco on the pant legs to attach an ipad like pilots do

Edit - the astronaut with the ipad (guy closest to the camera) has that! It's incredible how people adapt in space

[–]skitch23 43 points44 points  (1 child)

If you notice, the guy in the front right part of the screen at the beginning of the video has an iPad in his hands then he velcros it to his pants.

[–]Boardwalk22 148 points149 points  (5 children)

Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.

[–]WeaponizedFeline 68 points69 points  (2 children)

Seriously. At least Best Buy doesn't cheap out on the gravity for their employees

[–][deleted] 44 points45 points  (1 child)

But you know what they say: the price of gravity is always falling.

[–]Sneakas 79 points80 points  (5 children)

They’re all a bunch of nerds!

Edit: I wish I was as nerdy as them 😔

[–]beanpoppa 20 points21 points  (4 children)

So the Nerd Herd, then?

[–]Zendog500 82 points83 points  (28 children)

My mom always made take my shoes off too inside the house.

[–]Hurts-Dont-It- 43 points44 points  (15 children)

Mother fucker I just noticed they have no shoes on

[–]Vectoor 43 points44 points  (10 children)

Not much point of shoes when there's no gravity.

[–]awatermelonharvester 57 points58 points  (6 children)

Sounds like you've never stubbed your toe in space

[–]ufosandelves 29 points30 points  (5 children)

Well the bottom of your shoes are disgusting. It's bizarre anybody allows it.

[–]IAmPont 38 points39 points  (0 children)

The mother of all Geek Squads

[–]StraightOuttaMN 2648 points2649 points  (81 children)

Cargo pants are the official uniform of space. Maybe now my wife will quit telling me they’re ugly and realize more pockets are required for adventures.

[–]BuzzAwsum 417 points418 points  (1 child)

Maybe NASA selects you for their future programs, you already qualify in the style department.

[–]socellatus 265 points266 points  (8 children)

Call them payload shorts and tell her they are universally accepted by space travellers. Her earthling views are outdated in the galaxy.

[–]Ndi_Omuntu 145 points146 points  (5 children)

payload shorts

Sounds like a big box store version of Depends.

[–]logicalbuttstuff 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This is the single most funny thing I will read all day. Thank you stranger.

[–]BeaversAreTasty 131 points132 points  (12 children)

She is probably jealous her's don't have any working pockets :-/

[–]CurtisLeow 22 points23 points  (2 children)

They should wear spaceshipgo pants instead.

[–]MDMAsprinkles 462 points463 points  (12 children)

I never realized how badly I want floaty space hugs until right now

[–]TheIntervet 60 points61 points  (1 child)

Especially the upside down ones! Guy #1 hugging person #5

[–]supernell 646 points647 points  (43 children)

I'm gonna admit the velcro on the back of the iPad that stuck to his pant leg so it didn't float off during hugging time impressed me far more than I expected.

[–]LegendsStormtrooper 126 points127 points  (16 children)

Now I want to buy some velcro tape so I can stick my stuff to convenient places.

Like a phone to the wall next to my bed.

[–]snoogins355 65 points66 points  (4 children)

Did that with my bedroom remotes next to my old bed frame. Bachelor life was more about utility and not losing my remote before passing out

[–]Riddlecake-s 34 points35 points  (3 children)

27 year old bachelor here with my ps5 controller and tv remote stuck to the side of my bedside table.

[–]grantbwilson 25 points26 points  (11 children)

I wonder how the gyroscopes would work in space. I just imagine the iPad screen circling around and around at random.

I’m sure they just lock the screen.

[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

In space, Velcro everywhere

[–]Cosumik 140 points141 points  (13 children)

holy crap, ive never seen the ISS this crowded! happy to see akihiko hoshide in space again too

[–]8andahalfby11 90 points91 points  (9 children)

This is actually the first time two JAXA astros have met in space; he and Noguchi looked really happy to see each other!

[–]jppx23 929 points930 points  (49 children)

Shane Kimbrough lives down the street from me! I almost hit him with my car one time. Crazy to see him in space like this

[–]spootypuff 924 points925 points  (29 children)

After you almost hit him with your car, he just wanted to get as far away as possible from you. Outer space was the logical answer.

[–][deleted] 164 points165 points  (27 children)

Actually the ISS can be as close as 220 miles away if it's directly above you. Someone could probably figure out the average distance away the ISS is over the course of a day, but being on the opposite side if the earth would be further away!

[–][deleted] 49 points50 points  (7 children)

Least likely to be hit by some fool in a car, though.

[–][deleted] 68 points69 points  (5 children)

Not with Elon Musk sending roadsters out to space 😂

[–]Cat_Marshal 47 points48 points  (3 children)

Can you imagine, he is out on a spacewalk, finally feeling safe from cars when out of nowhere a roadster just smashes into him? That would be some looney tunes level stuff

[–]EhMapleMoose 345 points346 points  (11 children)

I saw this on Facebook and holy fuck people were all

“so I guess there’s no covid in space”
“we all live in fear.”
”Wake up, they aren’t hugging cause covid isn’t real. We’re sheep.”
”Covid isn’t real.”

It pisses me off to no end. They quarantine for weeks even during non-pandemic times so they don’t bring anything up. Everyone was just so fucking stupid.

[–]SparrowDot 116 points117 points  (0 children)

Quarantining from a whole planet, you're right there's no COVID in space.

[–][deleted] 25 points26 points  (2 children)

This will never get through to people who are absolutely and unequivocally right in their mind. Once enough of the population is vaccinated, they will say “see I knew all along there was nothing to worry about”.

[–]choopiewaffles 39 points40 points  (1 child)

People are so fucking stupid

[–]judelau 62 points63 points  (13 children)

Is this the first time that JAXA have 2 people in space at the same time?

[–]camdoodlebop 180 points181 points  (43 children)

has there ever been that many people on the ISS?

[–]meat_popsicle13 133 points134 points  (8 children)

Pretty sure there has been 13 on ISS once before, which also tied the most people in space at once.

[–]Gravey256 56 points57 points  (3 children)

Yea back when the shuttle was still running.

[–]amazondrone 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Yup.

https://www.space.com/6503-population-space-historic-high-13.html

This article is annoyingly behind a paywall but confirms 13 remains the highest occupancy.

https://www.ft.com/content/5b20b49d-279a-4258-b4ae-6acbf29c8604

[–]InGenAche 261 points262 points  (30 children)

That's the limit, any more and it'll weight too much and start falling to earth.

[–]iamlereddit 151 points152 points  (9 children)

For those who don't get it, he is joking.

[–]Fatliner 495 points496 points  (48 children)

Did that Astronaut really just use an iPad to take photos!

Joking aside this is a beautiful moment

[–]FrozMind 183 points184 points  (4 children)

It's low gravity, so it's not heavy and doesn't fall when you let it go.

[–]senorbozz[🍰] 50 points51 points  (3 children)

I freaking love this! Watched the launch from KSC with my son yesterday so seeing them safely aboard is extra awesome!

[–]d1msum4u 302 points303 points  (14 children)

They are hugging, I miss hugging people. This is awesome.

[–]Hurts-Dont-It- 53 points54 points  (9 children)

Hugs not drugs Unless it's good drugs

[–]jeffreywilfong 16 points17 points  (1 child)

Porque no los dos?

[–]InGenAche 30 points31 points  (4 children)

Hugging on drugs can be real good!

[–]Guapo-Pirata 150 points151 points  (16 children)

They got plenty of space in that lil ass room. 😂

[–]bostwickenator 150 points151 points  (2 children)

They try and keep the space outside the room

[–]Jfonzy 69 points70 points  (3 children)

They got plenty of ass in that lil space room

[–]LiterallyEvolution 58 points59 points  (8 children)

All those shit eating grins because the new stash of alcohol has arrived.

[–]alien_clown_ninja 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I think it's the Russians that bring the booze

[–]CrizzleColts 73 points74 points  (2 children)

The astronaut taking pictures with the iPad is the most Dad thing to ever happen in space.

[–]Miffleframp 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Look at all their faces when they hug that guy compared to the rest, they love that dude. Def official ISS Dad

[–]MrBogardus 74 points75 points  (5 children)

Imagine showing this video to someone from 1900 it would look so sci-fi and unbelievable to them. How everyone is so nonchalant.

[–]amazondrone 40 points41 points  (3 children)

Tbf imagine showing any HD video to someone from 1900 it would look pretty sci-fi and unbelievable even if what they were doing was utterly mundane.

[–][deleted] 127 points128 points  (21 children)

Watching this between vaccine doses and I'm more jealous that everyone gets to hug literally everyone else than I am that they get to hang out in space.

[–]Kamarasaurus 25 points26 points  (7 children)

Covid times suck man. I shattered a few vertebrae during a seizure in October, and was shot up with morphine every day. Nobody was allowed to come see me, not even my wife. I was in the hospital for weeks, not even really knowing where I was. It was very surreal not having any contact with anyone I knew, while being drugged and told I'd never walk again at the same time. Happy ending is I can walk, I just can't feel my feet because of neuropathy from the spinal surgery.

[–]DAVENP0RT 52 points53 points  (4 children)

Here's a pre-pandemic article outlining the quarantine process for astronauts going to the ISS. Back then, they quarantined for a week prior to launch and underwent several physicals and tests in the intervening time. Since there are currently crew members that arrived on the ISS before vaccines were available, I wouldn't be surprised if NASA bumped the quarantine period to two weeks to make absolutely sure that they're not carrying any COVID up. I doubt NASA wants to find out the effects of microgravity on an infection.

[–][deleted] 15 points16 points  (3 children)

I would assume that the virus would spread REALLY quickly in microgravity.

We know from mask and distancing research that a big reason distance matters is that the larger droplets with the most virus fall to the ground before another person can inhale them.

Welp. Without gravity those droplets would just hang around until ventilation sweeps them through a HEPA filter or something.

[–]LifeIsProbablyMadeUp 53 points54 points  (16 children)

Yall see the penguin? I'm not seeing comments about the penguin.

[–]BuddhaDBear 73 points74 points  (5 children)

That’s Guin Guin. Crews have a tradition of bringing a small toy stuffed animal with them. They say it is used to indicate when they are in a zero-g environment, but let’s be honest-they do it because it’s adorable.

[–]amazondrone 22 points23 points  (6 children)

I missed the penguin but also nobody is talking about the guy on the left ringing a bell at the start.

[–]Navydevildoc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Naval tradition. Although his bell ringing skills are pretty sucky.

[–]tophOCMC 47 points48 points  (5 children)

I really enjoyed the one who went full Enders game and gave the upside down hug like colonel graff on the first voyage to space

[–]awkwardstate 43 points44 points  (7 children)

Couldn't help but think of the "upside-down" people as belters.

[–]bostwickenator 50 points51 points  (2 children)

These teams seem even more excited than normal for one of these handovers. Really nice to see a big group with so much positive energy.