Here’s astronaut Garrett Reisman boldly going where no Yankee fan has gone before — 250 miles above Earth, while proudly displaying the team’s iconic logo on his space suit.
The 42-year-old mission specialist, who grew up in Parsippany, NJ, drew the interlocking “NY” himself on the suit’s checklist, which is worn above astronauts’ wrists during long spacewalks.
“That’s my boy!” boasted his mom, Sheila, 67. “If I was up there, I would be wearing a Yankees patch, too. We are big Yankees fans.”
On Monday, Reisman spent seven hours and 25 minutes making repairs to the shuttle Atlantis — on its last mission — while docked at the International Space Station.
The logo could clearly be seen on his left arm during the live telecast, along with a “27” on his equipment. The Bombers won their 27th championship last year.
Reisman is so insane about his hometown team that in April 2008, on his maiden voyage, he made history by throwing out the first pitch in orbit — or at least simulating the toss while on the space station.
That odd weightless curve was televised on the Stadium’s JumboTron during a game against Boston.
“The Yankees gave him some dirt from the pitcher’s mound and a Yankees banner,” his mother said proudly.
Back on Earth after 95 days, Reisman threw out the first ball again, this time on terra firma.
During Monday’s walk in space with fellow astronaut Piers Sellars, the station’s main command and control computer crashed. That left the men — who were controlling a 58-foot robotic arm — to hang out until the problem was fixed a half an hour later.