A brand-new year is increasing in area. The 7 Expedition 68 team members commemorated the arrival of 2023 on the International Space Station in vacation design, consisting of Santa hats, banners and an adjusted Orthodox Christmas tree ahead of the Russian event Jan. 6. " Just like back house, we have a custom here to set up a New Year tree and embellish the interior of the spaceport station to commemorate the New Year. Today, we will reveal you how to do it under zero-gravity conditions," Russian cosmonaut Beside Prokopyev, Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Petelin and Anna Kikina set up small accessories and carried out somersaults, all beneath a colored banner festooned with the words "New Year" in Cyrillic. Vacation cheer likewise infected the U.S. side of the orbiting complex. Related: No chimney? No issue! How Santa will check out astronauts on the International Space Station (video) Российские космонавты в невесомости украсили МКС под Новый год: https://t.co/iehc5iNMNBВидео: Роскосмос pic.twitter.com/0XMblQ0JCl December 29, 2022 See more In a NASA video published recently, Japanese astronaut Koichi Wakata promised to take a picture of the very first orbital dawn of 2023 in among the neighboring modules in the ISS Kibo module, likewise offered by Japan. The U.S. astronauts have actually been peaceful on social networks throughout the holiday, however in the meantime, NASA published a couple of pictures on Flickr(opens in brand-new tab) of the team drifting around the spaceport station with Santa hats, stockings and vacation sweatshirts. It will be a hectic early 2023 for the Expedition 68 team after Russia identifies what to do with a Soyuz spacecraft that unexpectedly began dripping coolant on Dec.15 There is no instant risk to the spaceport station team, however it is uncertain whether the Soyuz, called MS-22, can bear Prokopyev, Petelin and Rubio back to Earth as prepared. Russia has actually promised its " decision" in January on whether to send out up a rescue Soyuz (which would get here no earlier than February) or to bring the 3 impacted team members house in Soyuz MS-22, according to reports. NASA has actually likewise connected to SpaceX to see whether it would be possible to bring the trio house in a Crew Dragon spacecraft, if no other backup is offered. Dragon Endeavour is docked to the spaceport station today, however is nominally complete as it is set up to bring Mann, Cassada, Wakata and Kikina back to Earth The reason for the Soyuz leakage has actually not yet been figured out, however follow-up scans of the spacecraft exposed a hole in the radiator that may be from a micrometeoroid, or a piece of area particles too little to track. The 3 Soyuz MS-22 team members may be without a lifeboat in the meantime, in case of emergency situation on the ISS. Elizabeth Howell is the co-author of " Why Am I Taller(opens in brand-new tab)?" (ECW Press, 2022; with Canadian astronaut Dave Williams), a book about area medication. Follow her on Twitter @howellspace(opens in brand-new tab) Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom(opens in brand-new tab) or Facebook(opens in brand-new tab) Join our Space Forums to keep talking area on the current objectives, night sky and more! And if you have a news idea, correction or remark, let us understand at: community@space.com.
Sergey Prokopyev stated in a video message from Roscosmos(opens in brand-new tab) on Thursday (Dec. 29), with translation offered by state media service provider TASS(opens in brand-new tab)
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On International Space Station, astronauts ring in New Year 2023 ahead of 2nd Christmas
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