Unity: Holiday Socks for The Expedition 72 Crew | International Space Station

Unity: Holiday Socks for The Expedition 72 Crew | International Space Station

NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit: "We got Expedition 72 socks for Christmas! Small things take on new meaning when you are away in the wilderness for the holiday season. Big thanks to those on Earth that thought of us."

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 benefiting 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) 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)/Don Pettit
Release Date: Dec. 28, 2024

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