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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.

NBC New York · 18h

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.

Creative Bloq on MSN · 20h

NASA brings a cosmic Christmas with stunning space photography

NASA is getting into the festive spirit, sharing some stunning images of the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cosmic Wreath. The star clusters are a marvel of deep space, showcasing the beauty to be found beyond our planet, and what's more, they're only a mere 200,000 light-years away.

NASA probe attempts historic Christmas Eve approach to sun

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).

New York Post on MSN · 4d

NASA probe to make Christmas Eve trip to sun’s surface: ‘Uncharted territory’

The Parker probe was launched in 2018 as part of NASA’s Living With a Star program with the aim of “touching” the sun. It has circled the sun more than 20 times since to explore the flaming hot, outermost layer, the corona, which can uncover how the sun-earth system affects life and society.

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 2d

A NASA Spacecraft Will ‘Touch’ the Sun on Christmas Eve, Flying Closer to the Star Than Any Probe Before

The Parker Solar Probe will endure scorching temperatures of 1,700 degrees Fahrenheit as it performs the closest solar flyby of any human-made object in history

1hon MSN

NASA uncovers Milky Way's Christmas Tree star cluster

Space is wishing Earth a Merry Christmas from 2,500 light-years away! A NASA telescope combined with data from an X-ray gave ...

NASA Reveals Cosmic Christmas Tree and Celestial Wreath Illuminating Star Birth

A new image resembling a Christmas wreath captures young stars lighting up dense, dark clouds of dust. The image features NGC 602, a star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud, a nearby galaxy to the ...

12hon MSN

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 ...

Yahoo News1d

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 ...

Space.com12h

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 ...

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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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