Astronauts Spotted From the Backyard

Text on the meme

Spacewalker Astronauts Raja Chari & Matthias Maurer Outside the International Space Station Live Stream March 23, 2022 Raja Chari Matthias Maurer New Camera Installed Ground based image March 23, 2022 © Sebastian Voltmer Composition by Philip Smith

What it means

An annotated satellite-style image shows the International Space Station, with arrows pointing to spacewalking astronauts Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer and a newly installed camera. The joke is that someone on Earth supposedly watched the astronauts through a backyard telescope, turning a real spacewalk into an absurdly intimate spying scenario. EN: An annotated satellite-style image shows the International Space Station, with arrows pointing to spacewalking astronauts Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer and a newly installed camera. The joke is that someone on Earth supposedly watched the astronauts through a backyard telescope, turning a real spacewalk into an absurdly intimate spying scenario.

Who

Raja Chari (Раджа Чари)Matthias Maurer (Маттиас Маурер)Sebastian Voltmer (Себастьян Фольтмер)Philip Smith (Филип Смит)

Objects

International Space Station / Международная космическая станция astronaut / астронавт space suit / скафандр solar panels / солнечные панели space camera / космическая камера arrows / стрелки satellite image / спутниковый снимок Earth / Земля spacewalk / выход в открытый космос backyard telescope / телескоп на заднем дворе dark blue background / тёмно-синий фон