Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 12-12-2008 05:55 PM
Space Station Crew Exchanges Seasons Greetings with Earth
Soaring high above the Earth, the crew of the International Space Station beamed down season's greetings.
The public can return the extraterrestrial good will and send greetings to the crew.
The e-mailed greetings can be sent through Jan. 5, 2009. Last year, thousands of messages were sent to the Expedition 16 crew from throughout the world.
As the holidays pass aboard the International Space Station, the crew may make Christmas cookies, chocolate covered pecans and candied yams as they celebrate the season. Those items are available in the pantry for Expedition 18 Commander Mike Fincke and Flight Engineers Sandy Magnus and Yuri Lonchakov.
Magnus made it a point to request that red, green, yellow, blue and white icing be among her foods to be used to decorate an assortment of cinnamon, shortbread and butter cookies also carried aloft. The crew also has a variety of candies to continue the high-calorie traditions so common on Earth this time of year.
Along with the sweets, the crew's food may include smoked turkey, cornbread dressing and mashed potatoes. Fincke also has included asparagus, shrimp cocktail, dried blueberries, tropical fruit, wheat flat bread and brown rice.
Of course, since a refrigerator is only a very recent arrival aboard the station, the food items all must be prepared to keep at room temperature for long periods, so they are irradiated, freeze dried or otherwise preserved. But the view at the dining table from 220 miles up cannot be beat.
The crew also will have holiday gifts from family and friends to open, recently delivered to the station aboard a Russian cargo ship earlier this month.
To all our readers and members,
As we enter our tenth year online in 2009, we wish you a joyous holiday season and a very spacey New Year!
Rick Mulheirn Member
Posts: 4167 From: England Registered: Feb 2001
posted 12-15-2008 09:14 AM
The last 12 months have been interesting for a number of reasons, not least of which have been the contacts and correspondence made with many fellow members of this forum; far too many to list individually.
If I may I would like to take this opportunity to send each and every member my Greetings for the festive season and my Best Wishes for the forthcoming year!
spaceman Member
Posts: 1104 From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK Registered: Dec 2002
posted 12-15-2008 04:35 PM
I'd like to second that 'Best wishes and peace on and above the Earth to all'.
On a rather sad note, tomorrow December the 16th 2008 I'll be the same age as NASA...
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 12-15-2008 05:45 PM
In the spirit of this thread, here's a really neat card from the San Diego Air & Space Museum!
music_space Member
Posts: 1179 From: Canada Registered: Jul 2001
posted 12-16-2008 02:23 AM
Oops! Isn't this quote from A8?
Greetings to all, enjoy life at it comes, and good reading and collecting!
------------------ François Guay Collector of litterature, notebooks, equipment and memories!
FFrench Member
Posts: 3161 From: San Diego Registered: Feb 2002
posted 12-16-2008 08:11 AM
quote:Originally posted by music_space: Oops! Isn't this quote from A8?
No "oops" involved... Gumdrop is the spacecraft on display at the museum...
Daniel Lazecky Member
Posts: 480 From: Czech Republic-Europe Registered: Oct 2007
posted 12-21-2008 11:17 AM
Happy and merry Christmas, happy new year 2009. Luck, success, peace and fair weather underfoot and valid health I wish from Czech Republic.
A your collections, to filled and are satisfied also.
Cliff Lentz Member
Posts: 655 From: Philadelphia, PA USA Registered: Mar 2002
posted 12-21-2008 11:20 AM
Peace on Earth... and everywhere else!!
Linda K Member
Posts: 62 From: Greensboro, NC 27455 Registered: Aug 2008
posted 12-21-2008 11:23 AM
To all of the wonderful people I've met through this forum - May you have a safe and happy holiday season, and the very best of everything in the New Year!!!
spaceman1953 Member
Posts: 953 From: South Bend, IN Registered: Apr 2002
posted 12-21-2008 06:19 PM
A very beautiful card.
Reminds me of the several commercial designs that were available in 1969... and there were at least one and maybe two or three church bulletin covers that used the Apollo 8 Earthrise picture.
Nice stuff for us space collectors, to be sure!
Merry Christmas!
KSCartist Member
Posts: 2896 From: Titusville, FL USA Registered: Feb 2005
posted 12-22-2008 02:02 AM
I want to wish everyone I've met through cS and on cS a wonderful holiday.
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Saturnalia (for that matter) I hope all of your dreams come true.
all the best, Tim
Mike Z Member
Posts: 451 From: Ellicott City, Maryland Registered: Dec 2005
posted 12-22-2008 02:56 AM
I want to wish everyone a wonderful Holiday Season for which ever holiday you celebrate and a Happy and HEALTHY New Year!!
Have a safe holiday and be well all year long!!
We should also remember and keep the Troops fighting for us, so that we can enjoy the things we do, in our prayers.
I want to send a special thanks to everyone who has helped me out with my collecting questions!
randy Member
Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999
posted 12-22-2008 09:33 AM
Merry Christmas to one and all from the Bond family.
Randy
NavySpaceFan Member
Posts: 655 From: Norfolk, VA Registered: May 2007
posted 12-22-2008 10:10 AM
I'd like to wish everyone on the site a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!!!!!
Lou Chinal Member
Posts: 1306 From: Staten Island, NY Registered: Jun 2007
posted 12-22-2008 10:42 PM
Let's take a moment to thank Robert for all his hard work in keeping this site up & running.
***All the best of the season***
Lunar rock nut Member
Posts: 911 From: Oklahoma city, Oklahoma U.S.A. Registered: Feb 2007
posted 12-23-2008 06:33 AM
Happy Holidays to All from Oklahoma city.
Terry
StarDome New Member
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posted 12-23-2008 07:01 AM
To Robert et al, seasons greetings and happy holidays, here's to a wonderful 2009.
Take care everyone and all the best, Andy
paul prendergast Member
Posts: 429 From: crawley west sussex UK Registered: Apr 2004
posted 12-23-2008 10:43 AM
Some nice cards there just to wish all fellow collectors have a great xmas and a super new year I think we could all do with that.
Posts: 242 From: Tucson, Arizona, USA Registered: Nov 2008
posted 12-24-2008 12:41 PM
quote:Originally posted by LCDR Scott Schneeweis: Happy Festivus
Please, no Airing of Grievances! (Feats of Strength are allowed.)
Happy Holidays to all!
GACspaceguy Member
Posts: 2474 From: Guyton, GA Registered: Jan 2006
posted 12-24-2008 02:30 PM
Merry Christmas! Cherish the time you spend with your family and loved ones, you never know how much have.
Steve Procter Member
Posts: 1031 From: Leeds, Yorkshire, UK Registered: Oct 2000
posted 12-24-2008 05:48 PM
And a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas to all CS'ers and their families.
Greggy_D Member
Posts: 977 From: Michigan Registered: Jul 2006
posted 12-24-2008 09:27 PM
Merry Christmas!!! May Santa bring us all of the artifacts on our lists.
liebeek Member
Posts: 247 From: the netherlands Registered: Jan 2008
posted 12-25-2008 08:52 AM
I'd like to wish you all a good day today and a very happy, healthy, good collecting 2009!!!
Ruud
sts205cdr Member
Posts: 649 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Jun 2001
posted 12-25-2008 10:41 AM
Merry Christmas to everyone on cS, and God Bless all of you, all of you on the Good Earth!
--John
medaris Member
Posts: 181 From: United Kingdom Registered: Mar 2007
posted 12-25-2008 02:01 PM
Merry Christmas, everyone! After looking at the weather forecast, I hope Collectspacer's in Canada are well wrapped up!
irish guy Member
Posts: 287 From: Kerry Ireland Registered: Dec 2001
posted 12-29-2008 09:01 AM
Merry Christmas and Peaceful new year from myself & Siobhan. Hope we all have an exciting new year and memorable one. A big hello to all the CS members we met over the year. Sincere thanks to you Robert for all your hard work. WIshing you and yours a great 2009.
ilbasso Member
Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006
posted 12-29-2008 10:30 PM
Happy New Year, friends!
I took this opportunity to do a quick patchwork sampler from my collection of the signatures of some of my heroes, past and present!
Here's to long, happy lives for all astronauts, cosmonauts, taikonauts, their friends and families, the workers who support them, and those of us who admire their work! We wish them all the best in 2009.
Posts: 3386 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 12-30-2008 01:30 PM
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 12-31-2008 12:18 PM
From their vantage point 220 miles above Earth, the International Space Station crew expressed their year-end thoughts on the significance of the outpost and their New Year's wish for the complex in 2009.
The crew also shared their wish for peace in the languages of all of the countries represented in the space station partnership.
posted 12-31-2008 02:09 PM
Happy New Year to all collectSPACE members and I will see you at Kennedy Space Center in May for the Astronaut Hall of Fame weekend in May.
Daniel Lazecky Member
Posts: 480 From: Czech Republic-Europe Registered: Oct 2007
posted 12-31-2008 02:33 PM
To all, peace, calm and fair weather in your soul. Not forget that on you who and today suffer hardship.
medaris Member
Posts: 181 From: United Kingdom Registered: Mar 2007
posted 01-01-2009 07:29 AM
Happy New Year, everyone! I'm looking forward to another great year of collectSPACE.
tedc Member
Posts: 123 From: Renton, WA USA Registered: Mar 2002
posted 01-01-2009 11:12 PM
Best wishes to all members for a joyous and prosperous new year.
posted 12-12-2008 05:55 PM
(Feats of Strength are allowed.)
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