Astronaut sneaks GORILLA suit onto ISS and terrifies Nasa coworkers on camera

THE BIZARRE moment a gorilla chased after astronaut Tim Peake on the ISS has remerged in all its hilarity.

Filmmaker Todd Spence reminded us of the amusing moment after posting a clip on Twitter which was liked more than 163,000 times.

Tim Peake zips for his life

In it, Peake can be seen desperately floating away from the hairy primate.

For those who missed it – or need their memories jogged – all was not as it seemed, thankfully for the safety of crew.

It was actually an epic prank, in a rare moment away from the usual serious work aboard the space station.

And it was all down to astronaut Scott Kelly.

Back in 2016, the American engineer managed to get a gorilla costume onboard the space station.

The suit was sent into space on a resupply mission.

He dressed up and hid in a soft-side storage container that fellow crewmate Tim Peake was busy opening.

Shortly after, the first Brit aboard the space station was seen dashing away in fear, to Scott’s amusement.

Scott – whose twin brother Mark was also an astronaut – did the prank to celebrate his year in space mission.

He actually spent a total of 340 days in space, the equivalent to 5,000 orbits around Earth.

At the time, he tweeted: “Needed a little humor to lighten up a #YearInSpace.

“Go big, or go home. I think I’ll do both. #SpaceApe“

Astronaut Scott Kelly was behind the prank

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