NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who has been spending time aboard the International Space Station for the past five months, was among the Expedition 72 crew that kicked off Thanksgiving week with a multitude of advanced biology and technology studies to improve human health and industry. Started. Out of the earth.”
Station Commander Sunita Williams worked in the Quest airlock and spent the entire day configuring spacesuit systems, according to a NASA release on Nov. 25.
“She first serviced the airlock oxygen and nitrogen tanks, then filtered and inspected the suit cooling loops, and finally installed the shields protecting the suit life support systems,” NASA said.
Thanksgiving ‘feast’ in space
Four NASA astronauts – Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore, Donald R. Pettit and Nick Hague – were shown in a video message delivering a Thanksgiving message for 2024. In the video, Nick Hague shares how they’re keeping up the Thanksgiving tradition. Thanksgiving meal together.
“We’re celebrating that tradition here, although our food looks a little different,” Hague said. He said he had a container with all the things he was going to enjoy on Thanksgiving.
“It’s a treat,” he said. What was in the container? The astronauts got Brussels sprouts, butternut squash, apples and spices and smoked turkey to celebrate Thanksgiving on November 28. The astronaut said, “It’s going to be delicious.”
Sunita Williams shares thank you message in new video
In his Thanksgiving message, Williams said, “Our crew here wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family here on Earth and everyone who supports us.”
Sunita Williams has been aboard the ISS since June with her fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore. The two took off for their first crewed flight on June 5 aboard Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, arriving at the space station on June 6.
Later, NASA decided to return Starliner to Earth without its crew. The Boeing spacecraft returned successfully on September 6. Wilmore and Williams formally continued their work as part of Expedition 72 and will return in February next year. This means that the test flight, which lasted for a week, will be extended to about 8 months.
