Happy Thanksgiving Message from NASA Astronauts | International Space Station

Happy Thanksgiving Message from NASA Astronauts | International Space Station

Happy Thanksgiving from our crew to yours!🦃

Aboard the International Space Station, NASA Expedition 72 crew members Suni Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit shared their best wishes during the holiday season and the feast they plan to enjoy while in space! 🦃

The four NASA astronauts sent down an American Thanksgiving message video highlighting their upcoming meal and expressing their gratitude for their families and living and working in space on Wednesday, November 27, 2024. The quartet along with the three Roscosmos cosmonauts aboard the space station took the day off on Thursday, November 28, enjoying a hearty meal, talking to family members on the ground, and relaxing aboard the orbital outpost.

We hope you enjoyed these stories and photographs from Thanksgivings celebrated in space. We would like to wish everyone here on the ground and the seven-member crew of Expedition 72 aboard the space station a very Happy Thanksgiving! For NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” E. Wilmore and Donald R. Pettit, this will mark the third time they celebrate the holiday in space.

The Thanksgiving holiday typically brings families and friends together in a celebration of common gratitude for all the good things that have happened during the previous year. People celebrate the holiday in many ways, with parades, football marathons, and attending services, but food remains the over-arching theme. For astronauts embarked on long-duration space missions, separation from family and friends is inevitable and they rely on fellow crew members to share in the tradition and enjoy the culinary traditions as much as possible. 

Expedition 72 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 72 Crew
Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Video Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: Nov. 27, 2024

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