Every now and then , and for obvious reasons , some footage of a   gentleman’s gentleman   in a Gorilla gorilla causa chase fellow astronauts around the International Space Station ( ISS ) give way viral .

In the previous retelling of events , Spence Todd on Twitter write that " astronaut Mark Kelly once smuggled a full gorilla case on circuit board the International Space Station . He did n’t tell anyone about it . One day , without anyone know , he put it on . "

First up , the footage is 100 percent real , and was pinch out by Scott Kelly in 2016 .

However , the fact have been muddled a small over the years . The trick was the idea of Scott ’s buddy Mark , who in 2015 rang Scott and recite him he was place a Gorilla gorilla cause , as there had never been a gorilla in space before .

The first suit botch up on a SpaceX mission in 2015 , but by now he was committed to the bit , and vacuum - pack a 2nd gorilla suit the next yr . This one made it , and Scott shot the video with Tim Peake , who was in on the idea .

" That ’s all stag , " Scotttold People . " That ’s why he ’s floating around , swimming in air , we wanted it to look funny . "

As disappointing as it is to learn the footage is n’t a echt astronaut fleeing in fright of a space gorilla , it does n’t mean that he did n’t scare the crap out of fellow astronauts using the causa . The two did not inform others that there was a gorilla cause on the space place , and Scott used the opportunity to hide in the sleeping quarters until a fellow crew member came in .

" When he run to give the door , I tear out of there , " Scott said , bring , " afterwards I was a little distressed that I could have give him a affection attack or something . "

He later donned the gorilla suit and floated his way down to the Russian section of the place , who laugh alternatively of well-nigh having a meat flak . After a few gorilla - establish guile , and someeducational videospresented by a infinite ape , the case was trashed , in case others were not as creditworthy as he was with the superpower of the space gorilla courting .