---
title: "Watch Astronauts Play Baseball on the International Space Station"
description: "Astronauts on the International Space Station played a quick game of low-gravity baseball in orbit to promote the World Series."
date: "2019-10-31"
modified: "2019-10-31"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/watch-astronauts-play-baseball-international-space-station"
categories:
  - "International Space Station"
  - "NASA"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "baseball"
  - "international space station"
  - "space"
  - "the digest"
---

# Watch Astronauts Play Baseball on the International Space Station

![Astronauts on the International Space Station played a quick game of low-gravity baseball in orbit to promote the World Series.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/watch-astronauts-play-baseball-international-space-station.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## Spaseball

Astronauts on the International Space Station took a few minutes to play some zero-gravity baseball last week.

Thankfully, no windows were broken and no balls were lost in the neighbor's yard during the stunt, which the *[New York Post](<https://nypost.com/2019/10/30/astronauts-play-baseball-aboard-iss-to-celebrate-world-series/>)*[ reports](<https://nypost.com/2019/10/30/astronauts-play-baseball-aboard-iss-to-celebrate-world-series/>) was a promotion for the World Series. There was no room to run bases, but one pitch [captured on video](<https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1187914643991220224>) is a cool glimpse into how astronauts can blow off some steam on board the ISS.

https://twitter.com/MLBONFOX/status/1187914643991220224

## Making Do

The ISS crewmembers got their hands on a real baseball, but apparently had to replace a normal bat with a large flashlight, per the *Post*.

The pitch appears pretty slow — whipping a fastball across a space station seems like a way to cause a catastrophe. But as *[Space.com ](<https://www.space.com/astronauts-baseball-space-world-series-2019.html>)*[reports](<https://www.space.com/astronauts-baseball-space-world-series-2019.html>), the astronauts were quick to take credit for throwing a 17,500 mph fastball — the speed at which the International Space Station orbits Earth.

**READ MORE:** [Astronauts play baseball aboard ISS to celebrate World Series](<https://nypost.com/2019/10/30/astronauts-play-baseball-aboard-iss-to-celebrate-world-series/>) \[*New York Post*\]

**More on baseball:** *[Baseball Coach Ejected For Fighting With Robot Umpire](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/baseball-coach-ejected-fighting-robot-umpire>)*

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

### Author social links  
[Twitter](<https://x.com/danrobitzski>)