Star Wars

Special May the Fourth Video from NASA

Posted May 4th, 2014 by Becky Feldman

NASA wants to wish you a Happy May the Fourth! Utilizing a familiar droid, NASA made a special video celebrating Star Wars Day!

ISS flight engineer Rick Mastracchio is featured in the video where he attempts to send a special message back to Earth. However, communications are down. Luckily, R2-D2 is here to save the day! The droid beamed up to the ISS and fixed the communications so Mastracchio can wish us a very happy May the Fourth.

Mastracchio is a flight engineer at the International Space Station Expedition 39. He’s currently working on repairing the station’s cooling system. He also flew on three other Space Shuttle Missions including missions on the ‘Atlantis’, ‘Endeavor’, and the ‘Discovery’. You can follow him on Twitter at @AstroRM. He takes some pretty cool pictures from space that are arguably way cooler than the pictures I take of my lunch.

Take a look at the video! It’s adorable! And Happy May the Fourth!

Becky Feldman

Becky used to play Power Rangers with her Barbies as a kid. She was a huge fan of Batman: The Animated Series, probably because it came on before the Power Rangers. Currently, she is living in California, pursuing her dreams of becoming an actor/writer/Black Ops agent who only fights mean demons. She’s written for Funny or Die, as well as some jokes for TV shows that were too good to air. You can also see some of her sketches performed live at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in Los Angeles. They’re mostly about the Power Rangers.