A' Phìob Mhòr on the ISS

[Recusant]

A cryptic thread title, eh?

Earlier this month, the Great Highland bagpipe (a' phìob mhòr) made its first known extraterrestrial appearance when an American astronaut on board the International Space Station played "Amazing Grace" in honor of a colleague who had died. Though I'm no fan of that tune, I have a long-standing appreciation of the formidable instrument, which is my reason/excuse for inflicting this thread on HAF. The video included with the article linked below is not set to autoplay, so you may click on it safely. 

"Astronaut plays bagpipes on International Space Station" | BBC

[Icarus]

Cool! Not my favorite song or favorite instrument...but cool nonetheless.

[Davin]

I love bagpipes. Not a fan of the song for many reasons.

[joeactor]

Spock?

[Recusant]

Spock?

This crew goes in a different direction.

Spoiler

Lindgren's primary training qualifies him as a flight surgeon, so he'd be more a McCoy than a Scott, though he is currently serving as a flight engineer, so that works.

Nice allusion.

[Recusant]

The piper has landed. Kjell Lindgren, as well as Russian Oleg Kononenko and Japanese Yui Kimiya, are safely back on Earth after a successful journey aboard the Russian Soyuz TMA-17M capsule.

"Three ISS astronauts land back on Earth" | Phys.org