# @plinusa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CPYWSuyAdRY
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14612284-plinusa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2021-05-27T14:52:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Premier League USA (@PLinUSA) — https://gondola.cc/PLinUSA

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I’m a current NASA astronaut - one of around 50. I’m a pilot, and I’ve flown in space three times. Most recently was the first crew flight of the SpaceX Crew Dragon almost exactly a year ago today - a two-month test mission to the International Space Station. I became a fan of Man City when my son was born in 2010 because he was up early. The PL was on, I started watching, and gravitated to Man City because of their players and them being the underdog within the city of Manchester.
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When we go to space for these longer trips, there’s a psychological support aspect that helps us keep that work-life balance in space. It’s important to mentally stay happy because you’re isolated. As part of that, people are allowed to send us well-wishes videos. Man City had figured out I was a huge fan. They arranged for some of the players to get a video with well-wishes, and it was a complete surprise. When we got up there I got access to it, it was amazing to have Kevin De Bruyne saying, ‘Hey Colonel Hurley, have a great mission.’ It’s something I will always cherish. There will never be a way to thank them for what that did for me psychologically. 
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As part of the same support process, you’re able to say “Hey look, I’m a huge Premier League fan, and Man City fan. Could you guys on the ground record the matches while I’m up here?” Because I thought I wasn’t going to be able to watch live because of the work times. But when we’re in communication coverage, they can beam up one live television network. Because our clock is GMT, we were roughly on the same time as the UK. So when our work day finished, and Project Restart was going, we could watch it on one of our computers. It’s surreal to some degree that you’re on the ISS, orbiting the earth, 250 miles above the surface at 17,500 miles per hour, and you’re sitting there watching Premier League live like any other family is doing. You get used to your new environment quickly, but you’re still there like, ‘I’m one of three human beings watching Manchester City from space.’ It just strikes you as a weird, surreal moment.” - Colonel Doug Hurley, a NASA astronaut whose love for Man City isn’t bound to earth. #plfansofamerica

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