Archive · 11 Aug 2025
First-Ever Space Wedding: Cosmonaut Weds From Orbit
Imagine a wedding where one person is in space!
That's what happened on August 10, 2003, when Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko married Ekaterina Dmitriev.
He was on the ISS orbiting Earth, and she was in Texas.
They used a satellite link for the ceremony.
They had planned a wedding on Earth, but changed their plans because his space mission was extended.
Dmitriev wore a wedding dress, and an astronaut even played the wedding march on a keyboard.
This was an out-of-this-world love story!
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko married Ekaterina Dmitriev in space on August 10, 2003.
The wedding ceremony occurred via satellite link between the ISS and Houston.
Dmitriev was in Texas, and Malenchenko was orbiting Earth on the ISS.
The couple originally planned an Earth-based wedding but changed plans due to mission extension.
The ceremony included a wedding dress and a wedding march played on a keyboard.
- Who
- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Ekaterina Dmitriev.
- What
- Yuri Malenchenko married Ekaterina Dmitriev in space.
- When
- August 10, 2003
- Where
- The International Space Station (ISS) and NASA’s Johnson Space Centre in Houston.
- Why
- To celebrate their marriage in a unique way.
Original Wedding Plans
Satellite Wedding
Wedding location
Original Wedding Plans
The couple planned a wedding with 200 guests on Earth
Satellite Wedding
The wedding was conducted in space due to mission extension
- Groom
- Yuri Malenchenko
- Bride
- Ekaterina Dmitriev
- Location (Groom)
- International Space Station (ISS)
- Location (Bride)
- NASA’s Johnson Space Centre, Texas
- Date
- August 10, 2003
