When a new mom in Palatine went to check her baby monitor recently, she saw a picture that was literally out of this world.CBS 2's Alita Guillen reports that instead of hearing the coos of her baby boy, it was more like “Hello mission control.”
Natalie Meilinger regularly keeps a close eye on 3-and-a-half-month-old jack. A baby video monitor sits just a few feet from his crib, capturing images of him sleeping. That is, until this week, when those images went from Jack’s room to outer space.
Since Sunday, the Meilingers’ baby monitor has been showing the space shuttle Atlantis docked at the International Space Station. They've seen a space walk, the earth and mission control.
Tom Meilinger, Jack's dad, said, "It's kind of like, rub your eyes again and then here's an astronaut.”
Natalie tried bringing the monitor to Mt. Prospect to share the images with friends but it didn't work. She also called a friend who has the same type of baby monitor and asked if she was seeing the same thing. The friend wasn't, so Meilinger called the monitor's manufacturer, but they couldn't help her. “People thought I was crazy,” Natalie said.
NASA doesn't know why the Meilinger's monitor is picking up their broadcasts. Engineers at CBS 2 are investigating the cause.
Video after the jump.
Video & Source: Cbs2
Tags: Baby Monitor | Astronaut | Space Shuttle | Video
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