"Santa sighted in space" - WS 2017 And today, just for something different in this line up of Christmas FIRSTS - The first song ever broadcast from outer space! On 16 December, 1965, that much loved Christmas carol ‘Jingle Bells” was the first song broadcast in a “space” Christmas prank, performed by Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra, Gemini 6 astronauts as they were preparing to re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. …they sent this report to Mission Control : Gemini VII, this is Gemini VI. We have an object, looks like a satellite going from north to south, up in a polar orbit. He's in a very low trajectory travelling from north to south and has a very high climbing ratio. It looks like it might even be a ... Very low. Looks like he might be going to reenter soon. Stand by one ... You might just let me try to pick up that thing. The astronauts then produced a smuggled harmonica and sleigh bells and broadcast a rendition of "Jingle Bells....
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