NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Don Pettit send a Christmas 2024 message to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) in a message recorded on December 23, 2024. Speaking of the holidays, Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, were the first astronauts to celebrate while circling the Moon back in December 1968.
The Apollo 8 crew commemorated Christmas Eve by reading opening verses from the Bible’s Book of Genesis as they broadcast scenes of the lunar surface below. Approximately one billion people across 64 countries tuned in to the crew’s broadcast. The four Expedition 72 astronauts in the video above are in the middle of a long-duration mission living and working aboard the microgravity laboratory.
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Crew members aboard the International Space Station celebrate the holiday season in a unique way while living and working at the orbiting laboratory. Each crew member, including the current Expedition 72, spends time enjoying the view of Earth from the space station, privately communicating with their friends and families,” said John Uri, Manager, Space Radiation Program Element at Johnson Space Center.
