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Stranded NASA Astronauts on the ISS Share Christmas Greetings on Social Media

NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore have reached their six-month milestone of being stranded on the International Space Station, despite initially planning to stay for just eight days.

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Stranded NASA astronauts' Christmas photo is raising a major question

Two stranded NASA astronauts have followers scratching their heads over a festive new photo that shows the space travelers getting into the holiday spirit lightyears away from Earth.

Space.com · 1h

Astronauts on ISS beam holiday cheer to Earth for Christmas (video)

Surrounded by floating candy canes and a makeshift snowman made out of stowage bags, the astronauts aboard the International Space Station gathered together to wish a Merry Christmas to everyone back on Earth.

NASA probe attempts historic Christmas Eve approach to sun

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NASA probe attempts historic Christmas Eve approach to the sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe made a historic attempt to circle the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST on Tuesday, Christmas Eve, which, if successful, would be the closest-ever attempt to do so. The agency will remain out of contact with the spacecraft until Friday,

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe completes historic Christmas Eve flyby of the sun — but it could take days to know if it survived

NASA's Parker Solar Probe flew closer to the sun than any human-made object ever — a stunning technological feat that scientists liken to the historic Apollo moon landing in 1969.

Space.com · 1d

NASA's Parker Solar Probe celebrates Christmas with record smashing 'kiss' of the sun

The daring NASA spacecraft made its closest-ever approach to the sun at 6:53 a.m. EST (1153 GMT) on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24).

NASA unveils cosmic wreath

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Space gets festive: NASA spots star clusters resembling Christmas tree and wreath

A giant dust cloud ring comprising green, yellow, blue and orange hues darken on the cloud's edges, creating the appearance of a wreath. Stars shine shades of blue, gold, white, orange and red, reminiscent of festive lights.

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NASA gets into the holiday spirit with new images of cosmic wreath, Christmas tree

Even space appears to be fully embracing the holiday season. Seemingly in a festive mood, NASA has released two new images of nearby star clusters. The first is of NGC 602, which resembles a giant, lit-up wreath.

USA TODAY on MSN · 1d

NASA releases image of 'cosmic wreath:' Star cluster receives festive nickname

NASA says a recently spotted star cluster bears an uncanny resemblance to a holiday wreath and have named it "cosmic wreath" as a result.

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How the Stranded NASA Astronauts Are Celebrating Christmas in Space

Even though they're thousands of miles away from Earth, the stranded NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station ...

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NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes historic Christmas Eve flight through Sun's atmosphere

The spacecraft was launched in Aug. 2018 with the mission to help further our understanding of our solar system’s star by taking samples of its atmosphere, according to Nasa. Its flyby on ...

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Christmas Eve asteroid the size of a 10-floor building makes ‘close approach’ to Earth tonight

While this is considered a “close approach” by interstellar standards — NASA defines near-Earth objects (NEOs) as those that ...

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‘Merry Christmas to everyone': Sunita Williams and crew send Christmas greetings from the International Space Station

Indian-origin astronaut, Sunita Williams is currently serving as the ISS Commander. On Christmas, a video has been shared by ...

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Christmas cheer! Astronauts' Butch Wilmore, Sunita Williams' Santa hat photos in space ignite new theories

In a holiday-themed update, NASA shared images of Williams and Wilmore wearing Christmas hats and preparing to celebrate ...

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Christmas in space mystery: Astronauts’ festive photo sparks gravity-defying questions - 'Are they in film studio?'

Nasa’s holiday video from the ISS, featuring astronauts in Santa hats and a Christmas tree floating in zero gravity, has ...

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‘Marvel of engineering’: Aviation analyst on probe that is attempting to ‘touch the sun’

The Parker Solar Probe will zoom by the sun on Tuesday during a record-breaking flyby, coming within 3.8 million miles (6.1 ...

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