Christmas Holidays | International Space Station & Mission Control Center

Christmas Holidays | International Space Station & Mission Control Center

NASA flight engineer Nick Hague: "Our crew is extremely thankful to the mission control teams for supporting us 365 days a year and spending their holidays with us!"

NASA astronaut Nick Hague: "When I think of the holidays, I think of dinners at Christmas, with family and friends gathered for a delicious meal and dessert! For me, it’s cookies. Sugar, mint chocolate, peanut butter; my Dad bakes some of the best on the planet. I wish I had some while I’m off the planet!"

The seven astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station are spending the Christmas holidays orbiting Earth by taking time to relax, open gifts, share meals, and by talking with 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/

Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas

https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/jsc-mission-control-center/

Expedition 72 Updates:

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

Expedition 72 Crew
Station Commander: Suni Williams
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov
NASA Flight Engineers: 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. 23-24, 2024

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