NASA's congrats to the Cubs is out of this world

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last updated 4 November 2016

It seems like everyone on Earth has congratulated the Cubs. From President Obama's invitation to the White House, to Budweiser's commercial featuring the late Harry Caray, to Stephen Colbert eating goat in celebration of the curse being broken, all the big earthly names have offered their praise to the lovable former-losers.

But what about people who are out of this world? Well they didn't disappoint — in fact, NASA may have taken the cake for the coolest congrats anyone could ask for. Take a look below. Ricky Soberano

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Ricky Soberano is the social media editor at TheWeek.com. Her writing has appeared in Complex, Nylon, Gothamist, Maxim, and others. Previously she was the culture editor for The Stony Brook Press and contributing editor for The Odyssey. She has a B.A. in multidisciplinary studies in journalism and dance from Stony Brook University and an A.S. in dance from Queensborough Community College. She's lived in Brooklyn her whole life, eats too much ramen, and freelance models, and she enjoys writing about the undiscovered and underreported within the sphere of culture. Follow her on Twitter.