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BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN - DECEMBER 15: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (NO SALES) In this handout image supplied by NASA, The Soyuz TMA-19M rocket with Expedition 46 Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) launches into space from Baikonur cosmodrome on December 15, 2015 in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Soyuz TMA-19M is carrying crew members Soyuz Commander Yuri Malenchenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Flight Engineer Tim Kopra of NASA, and Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA (European Space Agency) to the International Space Station for a six-month mission, as part of Expedition 46. (Photo by NASA/ Joel Kowsky via Getty Images)

Astronaut Accidentally Calls 911 From Space

Author Diana Beasley

A Dutch astronaut accidentally called 911 from space, the mistake happened while André Kuipers did two missions between 2004 and 2011. The process of making a call from space is like making an international call, first you have to dial 9 to get an outside line then 011 for an international number, the mistake happened when he accidentally forgot to dial the 0. “I made a mistake,” said Kuipers, “and the next day I received an email message: did you call 911?” Kuipers was trying to reach NASA in Houston, and instead, a security alert was sent to the Houston center and staff had to make sure there wasn’t a real emergency and that their connection to Kuipers at the International Space Station wasn’t obstructed.

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