ISS Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson (right) and flight engineer Dan Tani wish viewers a happy Thanksgiving on NASA TV while preparing for a Nov. 24, 2007 spacewalk.
2014 Thanksgiving Foods Aboard the ISS
Expedition 42 Commander Barry “Butch” Wilmore of NASA tweeted a photo of the foods he and his fellow astronauts will enjoy on Thanksgiving aboard the International Space Station. Tweet posted Nov. 26, 2014.
2013 ISS Thanksgiving Foods
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins (left) and Rick Mastracchio show off a spread of Thanksgiving dishes aboard the International Space Station in 2013.
Space Thanksgiving Turkey Day
A Thanksgiving decoration, as seen in space in November 2001, on board the International Space Station.
Thanksgiving Meal for Expedition 38
The hands of NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins, Expedition 38 flight engineer, hold a Thanksgiving meal in the Unity node of the International Space Station. Photo dated Nov. 28, 2013.
Astronauts Celebrate Thanksgiving in Space on Two Spaceships
Members of the STS-129 crew share a meal while on the space station. The scene on Thanksgiving day will be similar onboard space shuttle Atlantis.
Even Mock Astronauts Get Festive
In the Mars500 mock spacecraft, Romain smiled happily with a cardboard Christmas tree and stockings full of presents.
ISS Crew Greets Holiday Supply Ship
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Expedition 10 commander and NASA ISS science officer, poses with holiday decorations in the Destiny laboratory of the International Space Station.
Astronauts Get Two Christmases in Space
Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi floats through the passageway from the Soyuz TMA-17 spacecraft into the International Space Station shortly after docking Dec. 22, 2009.
Thanksgiving Flowers at Johnson Space Center
As NASA astronaut Dan Burbank, Expedition 30 commander, talks to JSC's Mission Control Center, his live picture appears on a screen at the front of the facility. Flowers, adorning a console in the foreground, were sent by the Shelton/Murphy families for Thanksgiving in honor of the station crew members and the flight control team. The North Texas residents have been sending flowers to Mission Control since the first post-Challenger mission — STS-26 — in 1988
Space Thanksgiving: Expedition 34
NASA astronaut Kevin Ford holds a packet of smoked turkey that will up part of the space station crew's Thanksgiving feast on Nov. 22, 2012.
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