Gorilla Space Prank

However, the details have been slightly distorted over the years. The prank was actually Mark's idea, and he called his brother Scott in 2015 to inform him that he was sending a gorilla suit to space, as no gorilla had ever been in space before.

Unfortunately, the first suit was destroyed in a SpaceX mission in 2015. But Mark was determined to go through with the prank, so he vacuum-sealed a second gorilla suit the following year, which successfully made it to the ISS. Scott then shot the video with Tim Peake, who was in on the joke.

"That's all staged," Scott explained to People. "We wanted it to look funny, so he's floating around, pretending to swim in air."

While it may be disappointing to learn that the footage was not a genuine astronaut being chased by a space gorilla, it doesn't mean that Mark didn't manage to startle his fellow astronauts with the suit. They kept the gorilla suit a secret from the rest of the crew, and Scott took the opportunity to hide in the sleeping quarters until one of his crewmates walked in.

"When he went to open the door, I burst out of there," Scott recounted, adding, "afterwards, I was a little worried that I could have given him a heart attack or something."

Later on, Scott put on the gorilla suit and floated down to the Russian section of the station, where the crew laughed instead of being scared. After some gorilla-themed antics and educational videos presented by a "space ape," the suit was discarded to prevent any potential misuse by others who may not have been as responsible with the powers of a space gorilla suit.