For the first time, ten people met New Years in space, seven of them & ndash; on board the International Space Station, three more & ndash; at the Chinese station “ Tiangong '', according to the Roskosmos website.
It is clarified that Roscosmos cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Peter Dubrovnik, NASA astronauts Mark Wande Hai, Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn are currently working aboard the ISS and Kayla Barron, as well as European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer.
In just 21 years, 83 people have celebrated the holiday at the resort, some of them multiple times. So, for example, the Russian Anton Shkaplerov celebrated four New Years in orbit & ndash; 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2022.
Earlier it was reported how Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Petr Dubrovnik were cooking in the “herring under a fur coat” space for decorate the New Year's table.