NASA astronaut Sunita William, who has spent the past five months on the International Space Station, was among the Expedition 72 crew that kicked off Thanksgiving week “with a multitude of advanced biology and technology studies to benefit human health and industry.” improve the earth.”
According to a NASA release on November 25, station commander Sunita Williams worked in the Quest airlock and spent the day configuring spacesuit systems.
“She first maintained oxygen and nitrogen tanks in the airlock, then filtered and inspected the suit's cooling circuits, and finally installed shields that protected the suit's life support systems,” NASA said.
Thanksgiving celebration in space
Four NASA astronauts – Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, Donald R. Pettit and Nick Haag – were featured in a video message delivering a Thanksgiving message for 2024. In the video, Nick Haag shared how they keep the Thanksgiving tradition alive by having a Thanksgiving meal together.
“We celebrate that tradition here, even though our meal looks a little different,” Hague said, adding that they have a container of all the things they would enjoy on Thanksgiving.
“It's a celebration,” he said. What was in the container? The astronauts were given Brussels sprouts, pumpkin, apples and herbs and smoked turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving on November 28. “It's going to be wonderful,” the astronaut said.
Sunita Williams shares Thanksgiving message in new video
In her Thanksgiving message, Williams said, “Our crew here just wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family who are on Earth and everyone who supports us.”
Sunita Williams has been on the ISS with her fellow astronaut Butch Willmore since June. The duo had launched on June 5 aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft for its first crewed flight and arrived at the space station on June 6.
Later, NASA made a decision to return Starliner to Earth without a crew. The Boeing spacecraft successfully returned on September 6. Wilmore and Williams will formally continue their work as part of Expedition 72 and will return in February next year. This means what would have been a one-week test flight extended to about 8 months