--- title: The Mannequin Challenge Goes to Outer Space description: Now that the viral Mannequin Challenge has zipped around the globe, it has finally made it to outer space. canonical: https://time.com/4619844/mannequin-challenge-space/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-30T15:50:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:48.148Z og:title: The Mannequin Challenge Has Reached the Final Frontier: Space og:description: International Space Station astronauts did the Mannequin Challenge in zero gravity og:url: https://time.com/4619844/mannequin-challenge-space/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf9783351f761be9/6988b4318fd2eece1d3554ac/space-mannequin-challange.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: space-mannequin-challange og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Mannequin Challenge Has Reached the Final Frontier: Space twitter:description: International Space Station astronauts did the Mannequin Challenge in zero gravity twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf9783351f761be9/6988b4318fd2eece1d3554ac/space-mannequin-challange.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Mannequin Challenge Has Reached the Final Frontier: Space by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 30, 2016 3:50 PM UTC  ESA by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 30, 2016 3:50 PM UTC Now that the viral [Mannequin Challenge](http://time.com/4562272/hillary-clinton-mannequin-challenge/?iid=sr-link4) has zipped around the globe, it has finally made it to outer space. Astronauts on the International Space Station got in on the goofy fun that requires people (or [dogs](https://twitter.com/chrisjamez192/status/797910196395786240)) to stand —or in their case, float—perfectly still. French astronaut Thomas Pesquet tweeted the truly astonishing result with the added benefit of a dad joke about taking the challenge to “new heights.” > [](https://twitter.com/Thom%5Fastro/status/814546924950945792) Typically the [Mannequin Challenge](http://time.com/4567847/blac-chyna-mannequin-challenge/?iid=sr-link5) is soundtracked by the Rae Sremmurd song, [“Black Beatles,”](http://time.com/4571237/nicki-minaj-black-beatles-remix/?iid=sr-link10) but the astronauts skipped that part. Luckily, the Internet is on it. Twitter user @FlacoU2P added the track and sent it up to space. > [](https://twitter.com/FlacoU2P/status/814550802920521729) Now that the Mannequin Challenge has reached its final frontier, we may have to re-work our rankings of the [best Mannequin Challenge videos](http://time.com/4565174/mannequin-challenge-ranking/?iid=sr-link1). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4619844/mannequin-challenge-space/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4619844/mannequin-challenge-space/"},"headline":"The Mannequin Challenge Has Reached the Final Frontier: Space","datePublished":"2016-12-30T15:50:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:48.148Z","description":"International Space Station astronauts did the Mannequin Challenge in zero gravity","url":"https://time.com/4619844/mannequin-challenge-space/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Space","NASA","viral","astronauts","Viral Videos","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf9783351f761be9/6988b4318fd2eece1d3554ac/space-mannequin-challange.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcf9783351f761be9/6988b4318fd2eece1d3554ac/space-mannequin-challange.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"space-mannequin-challange","caption":"","creditText":"ESA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4619844/mannequin-challenge-space/","name":"The Mannequin Challenge Has Reached the Final Frontier: Space"}}]}] ```