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Ben Turner and Gabe Turner directed the shoot at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.
Niall Horan
Horan tried out the Partial Gravity Simulator, a device that imitates the partial gravity that a person would experience on the moon, an asteroid or Mars.
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Filming took place around the NASA T-38 aircraft jets that are used by astronauts to train for spaceflight, and the NASA WB-57 High Altitude Research Aircraft, a specialized aircraft that is used for high atmosphere research work.
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1D filmed in a full-scale replica of the Orion spacecraft, NASA's vehicle in development for crewed missions to deep space, wearing spacesuits designed for when astronauts launch and land.
Harry Styles
Styles met Robonaut, a human-like robot, a model of which is now aboard the International Space Station.
Louis Tomlinson
Tomlinson steered the Space Exploration Vehicle rover, a prototype vehicle design that could be used with wheels to explore the surface of Mars.
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"Drag Me Down" is the quartet's most successful global single launch ever, selling over 500,000 copies in its first week.
Liam Payne
Payne worked inside a replica of the International Space Station, a world-class laboratory that orbits 250 miles above Earth.
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"Drag Me Down" has hit No.1 on iTunes in 90 countries.
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Within three weeks of its release on July 31, 2015, "Drag Me Down" reached over 72 Million in cumulative audience at U.S. radio.