2004 Video of Astronaut Performing Bihu Shared as a Recent Clip

We found that the video was from 2004.

A video has been making the rounds on social media with the claim that it shows astronaut Michael Fincke performing Bihu at the International Space Station.

• It was shared by Assam's Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma.

(Archived versions of more claims can be seen here, here, and here)

Is the claim true?: No, the video, which is claimed to be recent, is actually from 2004.

How did we find out the truth?: We conducted a reverse image search on the video using Google Lens. This led us to a couple of old news reports from 2019 sharing the same video.

• We found an X post shared by Anupam Bordoloi, the senior editor at Turkish Radio and Television World (TRT), a Turkish public broadcaster sharing, the same video with the caption 'What's #RongaliBihu without song and dance. Here's #NASA astronaut Mike Fincke performing Bihu aboard the International Space Station in 2004.'

Times Now reported on 15 April 2019 that a NASA astronaut was performing Bihu in space, wearing a traditional 'gamosha'. They mentioned that the video is from 2004.

India Today also reported on the same, mentioning that the video is from 2004.

Conclusion: The video of astronaut Mike Fincke performing Bihu, which is claimed to be recent, is actually from 2004.

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