An unsuspecting woman experienced exactly this on Christmas when British astronaut Tim Peake mistakenly called the wrong number from the ISS.
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“Hello, is this planet Earth?”.
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He apparently dialled the wrong number and said, “Hello, is this planet Earth?” to a woman on the receiving line who did not know him.
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Mr Peake was waved off by his wife and two sons, Thomas, six, and Oliver, four, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan when he took off on December 15. Commander Scott Kelly also wished holiday wishes from the space station, where he marked his 273rd day on Christmas.
Peake, a 43-year-old former army helicopter pilot, left Earth for ISS last week for the beginning of a 171-day mission. Tim Peake will stay until June 5th, 2016 on board ISS, and his mission of 173 days will be the sixth longest space mission undertaken by an ESA astronaut.
From southern England, it was due appear in the West at about 3.24am (AEDT) and remain visible for six minutes before disappearing below the southeastern horizon.
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When he tried to call his parents, Nigel and Angela at home, he only got their answerphone as they had gone out.
