These aren't just any bagpipes, though. The BBC reports that Lindgren wanted to be able to play in space so badly that he asked McCallum Bagpipes about logistics two years before he took off.

This is the moment an astronaut makes a space first - by blaring out Amazing Grace on bagpipes in space. Kjell Lindgren played the hymn while 250 miles above Earth on the International Space ...

Kenny Macleod, who works at McCallum Bagpipes, told BBC Scotland the 42-year-old astronaut had got in touch two years ago to say he was going to the space station and wanted to play the pipes ...

In one corner of the workshop, Kenny Macleod was inspecting intricately-carved drones for Highland bagpipes. Across the room, Stuart McCallum was… ...

McCallum Bagpipes sells about 2,000 sets of bagpipes a year, and estimates the total annual Scottish production at 4,000-5,000 sets. Bagpipes, a globally recognized symbol of Scotland, ...

McCallum Bagpipes of Kilmarnock duly invented a flexible blowpipe to circumvent this problem. “We call it the ‘camel-friendly blowpipe’,” explained the McCallum boss.

Settle down to Battle of the Bagpipes (Sky Arts) and enjoy Scotland’s most mellifluous sound. No, not the music, but the voice of actor Bill Paterson providing the narration for this series ...

For the first time ever, an astronaut was able to play the bagpipes in space. The astronaut, who played the Amazing Grace on the Scottish pipes, did so in tribute to a deceased scientist colleague.

Kenny Macleod, who works at McCallum Bagpipes, told BBC Scotland the 42-year-old astronaut had got in touch two years ago to say he was going to the space station and wanted to play the pipes ...