Out Of This World
The next time a spacecraft is launched, it could have a smelly companion on board. Durians, the famous stinky fruit, are being sent to space to test for astronaut consumption.
Here are other strange items orbiting the earth. (Text: Viandra D'souza)</caption>
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ET Bureau
Tesla Roadster
In February, SpaceX founder Elon Musk sent a cherry- red Tesla convertible to space. The driver was a dummy in a SpaceX space suit while the car blasts David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ from its speakers. The car’s destination is the red planet.</caption>
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Reuters
Pizza
In 2001, a pizza chain paid $1 million to the Russian space agency to deliver a pizza in space. The vacuum-sealed cheesy goody underwent rigorous testing to determine its life span. Yuri Usachov, a Russian cosmonaut living on the International Space Station (ISS) got to sample the pizza pie, when it reached its delivery address.</caption>
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BCCL
Beatles’s Song
If there are Beatles fans in space, NASA didn’t want them to miss out on their greatest hits. The space agency beamed the band’s song ‘Across the Universe’ directly into space with a message from Paul McCartney saying, “Amazing! Well done, NASA! Send my love to the aliens. All the best, Paul.” NASA used its Deep Space Network of antennas, which is ordinarily dedicated to functions such as radio astronomy observations, or communicating with distant interplanetary probes to beam the music.</caption>
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Getty Images
Star Trek Ashes
In May 2012, the ashes of actor James Doohan, who played Scotty in the Star Trek television series in the ’60s, were carried to space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Unfortunately, his ashes crashed back down to earth after a brief flight in suborbital space in 2007. In a second attempt a year later, the rocket carrying Doohan’s remains exploded over the Pacific Ocean. Clearly, it just wasn’t meant to be. (Image: www.imdb.com)
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Agencies
Lego Figure Of Galileo Galilei
The purpose of sending miniature figures of Galilei and Roman Gods Jupiter and Juno to space in August 2011 was a collaboration between NASA and Lego to create awareness and inspire children to explore science, maths, technology and engineering.</caption>
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Bagikan Berita Ini
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