ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano finally gets his wish to fly like Superman aboard the International Space Station during Expedition 37. Although no ghouls, goblins, or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory still like to get in the Halloween spirit.
Whether individually or as an entire crew, they dress up in sometimes spooky, sometimes scary, but always creative costumes, often designed from materials available aboard the space station. Take a look at how the station crews have celebrated in years past.
For Halloween 2009, the Expedition 21 crew shows off its costumes. Expedition 21 NASA astronaut Nicole Stott shows off her Halloween costume. In 2017, Expedition 53 crew members show off their Halloween costumes. Flight Engineer Sergei Prokopyev of Roscosmos, dressed as Elvis Presley, Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA as Darth Vader, and Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of N
Whether individually or as an entire crew, they dress up in sometimes spooky, sometimes scary, but always creative costumes, often designed from materials available aboard the space station. Take a look at how the station crews have celebrated in years past. For Halloween 2009, the Expedition 21 crew shows off its
Expedition 21 NASA astronaut Nicole Stott shows off her Halloween costume. In 2017, Expedition 53 crew members show off their Halloween
Flight Engineer Sergei Prokopyev of Roscosmos, dressed as Elvis Presley, Commander Alexander Gerst of ESA as Darth Vader, and Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA as a mad scientist, pose for a Halloween photo inside the Kibo Japanese Experiment Module pressurized module aboard the space station during Expedition
Members of Expedition 61, NASA astronaut Christina Koch, top left, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Andrew “Drew” Morgan, and Jessica Meir, show off their Halloween spirit in