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Title: Celebrating Christmas in space
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 14, 2014, 06:16:18 pm

Celebrating Christmas in space
Yahoo News
By Dylan Stableford  1 hour ago


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Virts, Sam Cristoforetti and Barry Wilmore (NASA/@AstroTerry)



With Christmas less than two weeks away, astronauts aboard the International Space Station are getting into the holiday spirit.

Terry Virts, a 47-year-old astronaut from Baltimore, Md., tweeted a photo from their "Astronaut Office Christmas party" on Friday, replete with a Santa and elves caps and, apparently, a Christmas tree.

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(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/471931731063631873/vhDEMGRo_normal.jpeg) Terry W. Virts        ✔   @AstroTerry
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My Russian crewmate Elena Serova helping us decorate for Christmas- Something many folks are doing now on Earth!

12:17 PM - 7 Dec 2014

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С индикатором невесомости снеговиком Олафом в модуле Cupola // With Zero-G Indicator #Olaf in the #Cupola module

12:05 PM - 8 Dec 2014

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(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/471931731063631873/vhDEMGRo_normal.jpeg) Terry W. Virts        ✔   @AstroTerry
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Celebrating our Astronaut Office Christmas party via video with #astrobutch and @AstroSamantha

5:05 PM - 12 Dec 2014

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Last week, Virts tweeted several stunning images of earth, including the aurora borealis, a bird's eye view of city lights at night and Typhoon Hagupit over the Philippines.

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(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/471931731063631873/vhDEMGRo_normal.jpeg) Terry W. Virts        ✔   @AstroTerry
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Best #Aurora that I've seen- very clear even to the naked eye

7:50 AM - 8 Dec 2014

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(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/471931731063631873/vhDEMGRo_normal.jpeg) Terry W. Virts        ✔   @AstroTerry
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#Dublin, #London, #Paris, and an unbelievable #aurora

11:44 AM - 9 Dec 2014

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(https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/471931731063631873/vhDEMGRo_normal.jpeg) Terry W. Virts        ✔   @AstroTerry
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amazing sunset to sunrise pass tonight

8:05 PM - 10 Dec 2014

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“Mountains over #Montana, #aurora to the North” #AstroButch

8:53 AM - 8 Dec 2014

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Massive force of nature! Typhoon #Hagupit #Phillipines night fly-over last Sunday #SpaceVine timelapse. https://vine.co/v/O6Dm3HKi5MK (https://vine.co/v/O6Dm3HKi5MK)

8:45 AM - 13 Dec 2014

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Virts, who piloted the space shuttle Endeavour during a 13-day mission in 2010, is scheduled to return to Earth in May.


http://news.yahoo.com/astronauts-christmas-in-space-160610087.html (http://news.yahoo.com/astronauts-christmas-in-space-160610087.html)

Title: Re: Celebrating Christmas in space
Post by: Unorthodox on December 15, 2014, 01:51:38 pm

Olaf in space...

Now if they just cover the song decently, they can interest an entire generation of little girls. 

(Tali prefers Tangled)

Title: Re: Celebrating Christmas in space
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 15, 2014, 02:53:21 pm

Buster's a huge Tangled fan...

Title: Re: Celebrating Christmas in space
Post by: Unorthodox on December 15, 2014, 05:42:13 pm

My niece (5) is TOTALLY head over heels for Frozen, though.  Elsa, specifically, not Anna.  Same with similarly aged girls in the neighborhood. 


Maybe it's the ages. 

I miss traditional animation, personally.  Too much computermination going on these days. 

Title: Re: Celebrating Christmas in space
Post by: Buster's Uncle on December 15, 2014, 06:02:17 pm

The Pixar-type stuff is nice - but yeah; there's something missing.