Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (below) reproduces a scene played by Sandra Bullock in the 2013 film Gravity, shown above at the International Space Station. (Image credit: Samantha Christophoretti / ESA)
The only drawback to this cosplay is the hair, joked European astronaut Samantha Christophoretti.
The Italian astronaut posed on the International Space Station in much the same way as Sandra Bullock, who visited the orbital complex invented in the 2013 film Gravity. a cloud of space debris that hit Stone’s space shuttle on the screen.
“Hey, Dr. Stone! A quick question for you. How did you manage to keep your hair in place? #AskingForAFriend,” Christophoretti said in his tweet (opens in a new section) with the image posted on June 19 after the screening. the science fiction adventure of the ISS.
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This was the first attempt to film Samantha Christophoretti during the screening of the film “Gravity” on the International Space Station in 2015. As you can see, Christophoretti is completely missing in the photo. (Image credit: Scott Kelly / NASA)
Her cosplay was actually so complex that it took at least seven years to achieve, as fellow NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared on Twitter. Kelly tried to take a picture of Christophoretti doing the same pose during his one-year mission in 2014-15, but lost the chance by accident.
“Here’s the original photo failed,” Kelly wrote on Twitter (opens in a new section) with an undated experience somewhere during his mission that perfectly shows Bullock on screen – but completely lacks Christophoretti.
He called the “failure” one of the biggest regrets about his last space mission, noting that he waited too late to pick up the camera after Christophoretti swam in training clothes, probably on his way to do something else. (Astronauts have very tight schedules in space to make the most of their time there, although NASA gives them a break for mental health reasons.)
“I was so disappointed then, but now everything is fine. Thank you, Samantha, “Kelly said on June 19. (Fortunately, Christophoretti achieved another great cosplay during this period as a Star Trek astronaut, however.)
The long difference between space flight capabilities is not uncommon. ISS astronauts require about two to 2.5 years of mission training before embarking on a long-term mission that typically lasts about six months. It also takes approximately one day on Earth to recover for each day in space.
These timelines together mean that there can be a difference of 3 to 3.5 years between astronaut missions at best. However, this number does not take into account the limited number of places available on spacecraft to bring people into orbit, which could reduce flight capabilities.
The frequency of astronauts’ flights also depends on the extent to which their home space agency contributes to the ISS agreement; Fortunately for Christophoretti, the European Space Agency (ESA) is among the largest players after NASA and Russia.
Christophoretti also spent some time between space visits to command a nearly two-week underwater mission known as NEEMO (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) 23 in June 2019, which requires its own training and recovery cycle.
Given all these factors, Christophoretti’s return to space as part of Expedition 67 (which is underway) occurred seven years after the completion of his first, nearly 200-day stay in space in 2014-15 with expeditions 42 and 43.
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