No Boredom in Space: Astronauts Play Darts with Pin-Pong Balls in Space [VIDEO]

The fun sharing of Sultan Al-Neyadi, the astronaut of the United Arab Emirates on the International Space Station, on Twitter, shows that working in space, which is described as nothingness, may not be as annoying as it seems.

The last favorite game of astronauts, who spend their weekends playing games and relax in this way while preparing for new missions, is ‘Space Dart’.

Astronaut Sultan Al-Neyadi shared the moments when he and his friends played darts in space:

Space dart, which is seen as the ideal way to spend a weekend in orbit around the world, has a significant difference from the dart game we know. Ping-pong balls are used instead of dart arrows in order to prevent unwanted accidents in a gravity-free environment.

An attempt is made to pass the ping-pong balls through one of the two hoops fixed to the Space Station with four separate straps.

While the rules of Space Dart are not clearly explained in the shared video, it is seen that there is a certain number of attempts per person:

Some members of the Space Station crew not only passed the ping pong ball through the small ring; He made the ball go round the circle, almost equal to the performance of professional basketball players on earth.

The winner of the darts tournament in space is, unsurprisingly, space veteran Sergey Prokopyev. No surprise, because he has been in space since September 2022.

Astronaut Sergey Prokopyev, who is scheduled to return in September 2023, took 197 days in his first space journey in 2018, where he took charge as a flight engineer:

Dart, which was first played in England for the purpose of training archers in the Middle Ages, has become a sport today and has become a game, especially in the USA, where tournaments are held.

You can watch the original dart game interpretation of the astronauts in the video below; You can read 5 mathematical strategies you can use to be successful in popular games including darts in our article below:

If you want to watch the footage on YouTube: