Topic: Thanksgiving 2016 in space, on collectSPACE
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-23-2016 06:00 AM
NASA video
Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 50 commander Shane Kimbrough of NASA discussed how he and his crewmates will celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday and his view of Earth from orbit during the holiday season in a downlink message recorded Nov. 18.
Kimbrough, who arrived on the station in October, is in the midst of a four-month mission.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-23-2016 06:03 AM
ABC News video
Dr. Bonnie Dunbar, a retired NASA astronaut, tells ABC News about the Thanksgiving dishes that are enjoyed in space.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-24-2016 05:39 PM
NASA photo release
The six crewmembers of Expedition 50 celebrate Thanksgiving Day aboard the International Space Station Nov. 24 with a traditional meal of turkey, stuffing, potatoes and vegetables — all from rehydrated packages brought to the station on resupply ships.
From left to right are Oleg Novitskiy, Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos), Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency and NASA astronauts Peggy Whitson and Shane Kimbrough, who is the station commander.