TITLE:        The Best Astronaut Portrait Ever 👨‍🚀
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URL:          https://youtube.com/watch?v=tG6hQAXs3BE
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PUBLISHED:    Feb 25, 2026
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HOOK (first 3 seconds spoken):
The astronaut raced his van past the NASA security gate with the stereo

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FULL SCRIPT:
The astronaut raced his van past the NASA security gate with the stereo blasting to cover the barking of his dogs. You see, he had rescued both of them after they were abandoned. And over the next 7 years, they became [music] the only family he had. So when they told him to bring his family for his official astronaut [music] portrait, he chose his dogs. But dogs aren't allowed on base. So he snuck them up the back stairs armed with 100 treats to keep them quiet. And right before the photographer took [music] the picture, he called them over and they jumped onto his lap, creating the most iconic NASA portrait in history. >> [music]

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TIMED:
[000.08] The astronaut raced his van past the
[002.16] NASA security gate with the stereo
[004.32] blasting to cover the barking of his
[006.16] dogs. You see, he had rescued both of
[008.32] them after they were abandoned. And over
[010.24] the next 7 years, they became [music]
[011.92] the only family he had. So when they
[013.84] told him to bring his family for his
[015.60] official astronaut [music] portrait, he
[017.28] chose his dogs. But dogs aren't allowed
[019.28] on base. So he snuck them up the back
[021.20] stairs armed with 100 treats to keep
[023.28] them quiet. And right before the
[024.80] photographer took [music] the picture,
[026.24] he called them over and they jumped onto
[028.00] his lap, creating the most iconic NASA
[030.64] portrait in history.
[032.75] >> [music]
