Mr Worldwide: Italian astronaut becomes the first DJ to play a set from SPACE when his performance is streamed from the ISS to clubbers on a Mediterranean cruise ship
- Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano has now this week become the first DJ in orbit
- Played a set from the International Space Station to clubbers in Mediterranean
- He used music to connect across cultures, the European Space Agency said
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano has become the first DJ in orbit.
The unlikely achievement comes after he played a set from the International Space Station’s Columbus module, this week.
His performance was transmitted via satellite to a cruise ship of 3,000 clubbers in the Mediterranean Sea.
According to the European Space Agency, the 42-year-old used music ‘to connect across cultures’ and illustrate the advances in space technology.
Crash course: Ahead of his DJ set, Parmitano was given a crash course on the decks by German DJ, Le Shuuk, real name Chris Stritzel, who previously took part in a zero gravity flight
WHEN DID HE REACH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
Parmitano arrived at the International Space Station on his ‘Beyond’ mission in July, as part of Expedition 60.
Luca and crewmates, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, travelled for six hours in their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft to reach the ISS.
They were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 20 July and docked at the station the next day.
Prior to the show, which was organised by BigCityBeats, Parmitano was given a crash course on the decks by German DJ, Le Shuuk, real name Chris Stritzel.
Previously, he took part in a record-breaking ZeroG 2.0 flight, where he performed a DJ set in zero gravity alongside fifty celebrities and special guests.
However, this is the very first time an astronaut has played a DJ set while in space.
Footage of the event shows Parmitano playing songs while weightless and literally floating through the air.
Meanwhile, the revelers can be seen enjoying the music in real-time as they party on Earth.
Parmitano arrived at the International Space Station on his ‘Beyond’ mission in July, as part of Expedition 60.
Luca and crewmates, NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, travelled for six hours in their Soyuz MS-13 spacecraft to reach the ISS.
They were launched into space from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 20 July and docked to the station the following day.
Over the next six months, he will support more than 50 European experiments as well as 200 international experiments.
These include investigations into how aspects of the human body are affected by microgravity and how astronauts could control robots remotely during lunar exploration.
WHAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION?
The International Space Station (ISS) is a $100 billion (£80 billion) science and engineering laboratory that orbits 250 miles (400 km) above Earth.
It has been permanently staffed by rotating crews of astronauts and cosmonauts since November 2000.
Research conducted aboard the ISS often requires one or more of the unusual conditions present in low Earth orbit, such as low-gravity or oxygen.
ISS studies have investigated human research, space medicine, life sciences, physical sciences, astronomy and meteorology.
The US space agency, Nasa, spends about $3 billion (£2.4 billion) a year on the space station program, a level of funding that is endorsed by the Trump administration and Congress.
A U.S. House of Representatives committee that oversees Nasa has begun looking at whether to extend the program beyond 2024.
Alternatively the money could be used to speed up planned human space initiatives to the moon and Mars.
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