Gives a whole new meaning to Space Jam.

Not only can she play flute, she even pays tribute to Ian's former hairstyle. Great job guys.

Col. Coleman, besides being an amazing astronaut, a talented flutist and an articulate correspondent - you have the greatest space hair of all time!

No one: KZfaq: Here’s Ian Anderson and an Astronaut playing the flute together

Diggin' her hairstyle: The Jef'Fro Tull.

This made my every nerd, science, rock, classical and Tull nerve tingle with joy this morning after seeing this. Awesome, just f-ing awesome!

The minstrel in the ISS Looked down upon the smiling faces She met the gazes, observed the spaces Above the earthly shackle.

I love Ian's speaking voice so much, both when he was young in the 70's, and now. He could really do great voiceover work if he ever figures himself to be too old to rock and roll.

Ian Anderson is THE reason i own a flute... love this!

Amazing! I'm glad I've lived long enough to see things like this! Oh yeah, started listening to Tull in 1972.

I love that, even though he was on Earth, Ian Anderson’s eyebrows remained weightless!

This is the most beautiful thing I've seen in 20 years.

*jaw hitting on the floor*... Now Ian Anderson is one of my favorite artists and human beings on Earth AND Outerspace!

Ian is still the rock god he has always been.

Jethro Tull has always been one of my favorite bands. Loved seeing them in concert so many years ago. This was a thrill to watch.

I saw Jethro Tull perform some months ago in Indio, CA, one of their many stops in a 50 year worldwide anniversary tour. One of the best concerts ever!

nice job for the hair dresser!!!

I love how Astronauts are bringing the Arts to Science... love your Hair Col Coleman :)

This floating flute is SO burning cool!

That is really wonderful!!!! Mr. Anderson, you are always in my heart! Gothardo from Brazil. Congratulations for the beautiful work you have done in the world of music.

Very glad I drop'ed in, Ian Anderson is a living legend.

Ok… so somebody's finally got *Chris Hadfield's* “Space Oddity” beat for “coolest space jam”…

She bacame an astronaut and plays the flute. He plays the flute and then became an astronut. Loved it! Thanks for uploading this one.

How could such a sweet little piece of happy music have ANY thumbs down? Never mind the amazing fact that it was a duet played between outer space and earth??!! Of course 54 people out of 6,600 people could be just negative unenlightened folks. "There's one in every crowd"

When I saw this I thought 'Bouree' would be cool and it was !

We could reach the stars and live there forever if we could just stop being monsters to each other.

Ian ! And an astronaut! Should be an entire album! Peace Christo 👽🎶☮️🛸🐕

but, in space would it be easier to stand on one foot?????

That's fantastic... props to the agents, producers, interlocutors, whatever that got these two together (rock on, Jethro Tull)

I like the ending, when Cady entertains us with flipping the flute around.

Loved this, gave me a smile. Saw Jethro Tull in 1972 playing Thick as a Brick. One of my all time favorite shows. Loved Cady Coleman twirling the flute in space.

WOW 💫like we said in the old days, FAR OUT 🤩💕

Two of my favorite things, prog and space exploration, yes!!!

I feel sad for the 21 people who gave this a thumbs down. What's not to like? Very nice tribute to Yuri.

Ian Anderson is the coolest ever. He and the entire band ride dirt bikes and kept in touch with the Grand Prix Motocross racers of the day. As a wanna be racer when I picked up the magazine that showed a pic of the whole band on there dirt bikes I was in love with Jethro Tull. "The Whistler." Astronauts are ALL VERY BRAVE people who deserve the kind respect they get. They're is a world where a small mistake equals a horrific death in a matter of seconds. Space is a massive massive vacuum, it will stay the attire it if your lungs in less that a second and the rest of the time it takes for you to lose consciousness can only be agonizing and painful. Yes, there are dead cosmonauts it there floating in the debris of their failed crafts. There will be many more humans in space over time, but Yuri Gagarin is the first to go and come back safely. May the others who died RIP.

Bouree by JS Bach as done by Ian Anderson and Colonel Coleman. Truly classic and very appropriate given the occasion. Beautiful!

the best flute duet in the Milky Way Galaxy:) ! Thank you !!! :)

Cady Coleman, and musician Ian Anderson, founder of the rock band Jethro Tull, together for the first space-Earth duet for the anniversary of the first launch of a human being into space .. J.S. Bach, "Bourrée," from the Suite in E Minor for Lute. Coleman played his part from 220 miles above the Earth at the end of last week. Anderson played his part while on tour in Perm, Russia. The two parts were then joined.

Hey Ian...remember Tuscaloosa in 1972, you and the boys brought the house down.....thanks for all the music through out my life.......

I hope I'm not the only one to think how cool this was. Thanks Col. Colman and Mister Anderson.

Thank you!!!! That was amazing! The flute is the voice of humanity!

A beautiful calming moment . Music : What a thing to believe . Thank you for sharing this

This kind of thing is what humans are supposed to be doing! Two people of different generations celebrating the accomplishments of Science and Music.Can you imagine what a fantastic world this could be if we put our energies into spreading beauty instead of destruction? This video gives me hope for the future, what an amazing performance! Also, her hair is marvelous!

Very cool you two!...God speed to all who go to the final Frontier!!! Ian...your a hero of many my friend..Loves your works since the 1970's....

Knew it was going to be great from the first moments when the flute floats down so evenly, and Colonel Coleman flips on in so smoothly. Did not disappoint. Even knowing they were almost certainly recorded separately (due to transmission delays), this is (ahem) out of this world.

Awesome! I love Ian Anderson, I learned the flute in my second stage of life by practicing watching him play on youtube videos. I dream to play with him someday also. He is an inspiration.

Fantastic!! I am 60 yo and learned to play to flute when I was in 4th grade- about 10 yo. I give Ian Anderson full credit for giving me motivation and the strong desire to play the flute in the 60's since it was not fashionable for men to play the flute! I continue to play the flute and it has given me years of enjoyment!! Thank you Ian Anderson!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

9 years late, but I love this. Wish I had seen it back then

"So, this one time... At Space Camp..."

Lo decia Don Quijote "... Donde hay musica no puede haber cosa mala" Ole Ole!!

How can anyone not dig this? Only a rendition of Locomotive Breath could top it!

I LOVE THIS!!! Perfect combination of what humans can achieve. Technology to explore space, the heart and soul of art to provide the soundtrack.

Her tribute to Robert Smith is fantastic. What a great video!

A brief moment in human history to be rememebered.

I grew up listening to Jethro Tull and Ian Anderson. So cool. They say he can make sounds with a flute that can't be replicated.

WOWEE Cady Coleman. I could only DREAM of doing a duet with Jethro Tull. That's a song I've been practicing on flute since 197e and dream of playing alongside Ian Anderson, , but the spinning no gravity flute. Could not get any cooler. Thank you for sharing. this event. Ian Anderson, Thank you for all your influence in my own flute endeavors since junior high school and especially this paticular piece you perform so nicely.

And remember: EVERY day in space is a bad hair day! :-)

I watched that as I bent to pick a dogend

Thank you for doing this, and thank you for sharing it with us.

Beautiful!!

Why is Ian Anderson so red?

I love that they played Bach!

That was LOVELY!

Tears and joy. Thank you!

It would be crazy if space was real..............how about a picture out of that "window" to show us all the "space"?

A lot easier to do the one-leg thing that way, too.

That was awesome! Thanks! Alex

simply awesome

At least she did not have to ship a Double Bass with her...

Did they do this live? How did they overcome the transmission lag?

so Beautiful!

When they are doing interviews from the ISS there is always a huge delay. How did they get rid of that for this?

Two question: One, I assume they rehearsed? (Their duet is flawless.) And two, how did they get around transmission lag? I have the sneaky suspicion she played accompaniment to a previously-recorded part by Anderson, with the guitar part for timing.

Love, Love, Love!! BRAVO!!

This is so wonderful to see! Love it!

I was wondering if, in space, with no gravity, whether the flute was still a “heavy metal instrument” .... Clearly the answer is Yes!

he looks red

So great!!

This is so beautiful. Thank you!!!!

This is great, but how the hell did they get around the latency to stay in sync?

Alright now play songs from the woods... I mean from the ISS!

That was awesome! Thanks for posting this NASA!!!

This is just beautiful

I bet she enjoyed this more than talking to Trumpo

How did they overcome the transmission delay ?

Too cool for words!

Beautiful

Was Ian pre-recorded? Because even though light travels very fast, communication signal to and back to ISS, it's enough to throw off the timing. Something like .25 sec.

Just look at that hair 🤣. Hair spray 🤣

Phenomenal... Loved it ! More please.

That is just beautiful 💚

Funny thing: Her hair looks precisely as we used to know Ian's hair back in the old days. But where is the beard?

Is it just me or does it look like her hair isn't naturally floating in zero gravity ? It's like it's hairsprayed In that position . P.S. I'm Not a flat earther...just saying. Loving the flute playin!

TOTALLY WONDERFUL! THANK YOU!

SWEET INDEED 😊 IAN LET HER BORROW HIS HAIR BE SAFE OUT THERE Y'ALL IN SPACE 👽 👽 OH SORRY WRONG PEOPLE... 😎😍 THERE THAT'S BETTER. 😊 Weed Me PS SPACE TRUCKING 😊 DEEP PURPLE NEXT

61 people need shoving out of the bloody airlock.

OMG...how I love this!

Awesome. Just awesome.

52 people have snot running down their nose and greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes

the 11 second delay doesnt happen when they have these duets. same with the other astronaut duetting with the singer from bare naked ladies and an entire choir. its impossible to duet with an 11 second delay....but in the imaginations of nasa anythings possible....especially with enough gullable people who refuse to think about the delay and ask a reasonable question.