Floating pizza party at International Space Station

Team Udayavani, Aug 31, 2021, 11:03 AM IST

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) decided to have a ‘floating pizza party’ and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet recently shared the video of the same.

“Floating pizza night with friends, it almost feels like a Saturday on Earth. They say a good chef never reveals their secrets, but I made a video so you can be the judge Everything but pineapple, that would be a serious offence in Italy,” he wrote.

Soirée pizzas flottantes entre amis, on croirait presque un samedi soir sur la Terre ?

Floating pizza night with friends, it almost feels like a Saturday on Earth ? #MissionAlpha?? pic.twitter.com/6ezf6HrrBB

— Thomas Pesquet (@Thom_astro) August 28, 2021

In the video, the astronauts are seen holding the pizza base and adding various ingredients on top of it. However, unlike on earth, all the ingredients, including the pizza base, are floating in the air and have to be firmly held onto in order to finish making the dish.

The video ends with the astronauts showing the floating pizza to the camera before taking a bite.

Below is how the internet reacted.

Bet that pizza is “outa this world” https://t.co/Xy4fpl6gSD

— Bill Smith (@solivitaguy) August 30, 2021

So awesome. And plates not required. Saying that, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Op. 30 (2001 music) should start playing at 49 seconds. https://t.co/I5ouVxEGX4

— Steve ?? (@quadraticadder) August 30, 2021

Who knew pizza could get even better https://t.co/tEjh0oloi8

— Erin Gibbons (@ErinSpaceCase) August 30, 2021

Space pizza party! https://t.co/waTt1IYpoz

— Planetary Society (@exploreplanets) August 30, 2021

This is my new favourite thing. https://t.co/UH5sUEaWz3

— Simon Sharwood (@ssharwood) August 30, 2021

This just reminds me that quesadillas are going to be the best fast food in space. https://t.co/tRFXRoo9Sa

— Cenizo! (@IntroToMig) August 30, 2021

this could have been robotic missions to every interesting place in the solar system. instead we have a bunch of dudes eating junk food in zero g. https://t.co/0cU6IgVlLU

— Michael Krakovskiy (@deadprogrammer) August 28, 2021