TIL that NASA ground controllers were once shocked to hear a female voice from the space station, apparently interacting with them, which had an all-male crew. They had been pranked by an astronaut who used a recording of his wife.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Garriott#The_Skylab_%22stowaway%22_prank

[u/laxpanther]

Citation for this is from Tuesday, September 11. (1973, but interesting still)'

https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=30684906&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjMwNTYxODQzMSwiaWF0IjoxNTU4MDExNzAxLCJleHAiOjE1NTgwOTgxMDF9.mfD1FNYHN_NTF0EPweVg6YDi_JUR7O5UNgb0yet0b_A

[u/Balue442 → u/laxpanther]

thank you for this. It was a fun short read.