Humor website conducts first Rickroll in space

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Humor website conducts first Rickroll in space

Using a weather balloon equipped with a camera and speakers, the comedy website Zug played Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video some 16 miles above the Earth's surface.

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The comedy website Zug might have pulled off the most epic Rickrolling ever, at 89,000 feet above the Earth's surface.

By Nancy Atkinson Universe Today

Oct. 18, 2010, 4:33 p.m. ET

Those pranksters from have now gone to the edge of , sending their own satellite up to 89,000 feet above , and doing a little along the way. They claim they have now pulled the famous prank on the entire . Hmmm, hopefully this wasn鈥檛 the that caused ESA鈥檚 Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) probe to be 鈥渂linded from interference.鈥� Surely strains of 鈥淣ever Gonna Give You Up鈥� could never do that鈥�.

The video below is a quick look at their balloon satellite launch and their results;