The International Space Station adjusted the timing of the U.S. holiday due to working needs.
does plan to take some time on the holiday to watch some football and to eat some special food, although the astronauts kept their meal secret on the video for now.
"Up here, we're on Greenwich Mean Time, which means that for half the planet we live in the future," said NASA astronaut Josh Cassada, floating in a quartet with other U.S.
Russia is preparing to execute a spacewalk on Friday , relocating a radiator between the Rassvet and Nauka modules of the orbiting complex; while the U.S. astronauts likely will not be direct helpers, they are available in case they're needed. You can watch the whole thing here at Space.com when it runs, with the broadcast expected to start at 6 a.m. EST .
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