We were told Major Tim Peake was heading up to the International Space Station (ISS) to partake in some serious experiments but, frankly, we are yet to see any evidence of this.
Instead, it looks like Major Peake is being kept busy by something else. An ape.
Of course, that’s not a real gorilla. It’s actually how US astronaut Scott Kelly chose to celebrate his birthday, with the video being tweeted about by his twin brother Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut.
Scott Kelly is nearing the end of his year in space, along with Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko.
And if that video is anything to go by, it certainly looks like he’s had fun.
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