Would the next generation of astronauts have Korean star rapper PSY's monster hit "Gangnam Style" to thank for joining the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)?

Students at NASA have posted on YouTube an educational parody of the song to promote awareness of NASA and its Johnson Space Center.

While nowhere near the original video's number of views, NASA's parody dubbed "NASA Johnson Style" already received over half a million views and almost 15,000 likes as of Monday afternoon, barely three days after it was posted.

"It was created as an educational parody of Psy's Gangnam Style. The lyrics and scenes in the video have been re-imagined in order to inform the public about the amazing work going on at NASA and the Johnson Space Center," reads the video description.

A separate report on CNET said those who made appearances in the parody included NASA astronauts Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Mike Massimino and Clay Anderson.

All three participated in space missions at least two times (or more), it said.

The lyrics of the parody go like this:

Welcome to NASA's Johnson Space Center We are coming in hot so don't burn up as we enter We do science everyday that affects your daily life Throw them up for manned space flight

Science everywhere As we engineer the marvels That fly though the air

And take us way beyond earth's levels

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NASA spoofs 'Gangnam Style' in outreach video