Christmas Celebrations | International Space Station

Christmas Celebrations | International Space Station

NASA Astronauts | from left to right: "Flight engineers Nick Hague, Don Pettit, Butch Wilmore & Station Commander Suni Williams

NASA astronaut Nick Hague: "The holidays are all about time spent with family and friends. This year, that celebration is bittersweet. While it's joyous to share this amazing opportunity to live in space with a truly remarkable crew, I deeply miss my family and friends on Earth."

The seven astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station spent Christmas and New Year’s Day orbiting Earth taking time to relax, open gifts, share a meal, and talk to family. The orbital septet will go into 2025 continuing more advanced space research benefitting humans on and off the Earth.

Learn more about the International Space Station: https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/

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.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)/Nick Hague
Release Date: Dec. 23-26, 2024

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