Ever wonder how astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) celebrate Christmas? If so, then we have to look back to Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William A. Anders, who celebrated by taking turns reading the opening verses from the Bible’s Book of Genesis.
Then there was the Hubble Space Telescope repair mission, STS-103, whose astronauts celebrated the first space shuttle Christmas in 1999 aboard Discovery. Expedition 66 (October 17, 2021) Commander NASA astronaut Thomas H. Marshburn is fascinated by the fact that he can go from one side of Earth to another in just a few minutes aboard the ISS, giving him a true feeling of unification for all human beings around the world.
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In the early years of the space program, holidays spent in space occurred infrequently, most notably the flight of Apollo 8 around the Moon during Christmas 1968, making them more memorable. As missions became longer and more frequent, holidays in space became more common occasions,” said John Uri, Manager, History Office at NASA Johnson Space Center.
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