An Argentine taxi’s exit from the International Space Station was disrupted by a radio

On Wednesday, April 19, Russian cosmonauts from the International Space Station (ISS), Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petlin, made a nearly 8-hour spacewalk. Their task was to install a new heater in orbit, 430 kilometers from Earth. The operation was broadcast live on NASA’s YouTube channel.

But for a few seconds, Onlookers could hear: “One-five-zero, you said? Yrigoyen?” Argentine journalist Manuel Mazzanti, upon hearing this, realized that it was In an Argentinian accentSpanish newspaper reports El Mundo. He shared audio of that exchange on Twitter, which NASA quickly interrupted.

This voice requested an address with a street named after former President Hipolito Yrigoyen or former Senator and Governor of Buenos Aires, Bernardo de Irigoyen. at the time of interventionThe International Space Station was 430 km above Argentina.

This intrusion was possible, ever since The band used by taxi radios is the UFH band, which is also used by the International Space StationExplanation of famous science Esteban Tablon. The story doesn’t say if the taxi driver knew he heard from space.

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