Happy Thanksgiving!

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Image (Credit): NASA Expedition crew members (clockwise from the left) Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Jonny Kim, and JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui recording their holiday message. (NASA)

The NASA Expedition 73 crew on the International Space Station (ISS) has recorded a Thanksgiving greeting for all of us down here looking up.

So what can the astronauts expect to eat for Thanksgiving? Astronaut Mike Fincke mentioned turkey and cranberry sauce, while astronaut Zena Cardman added mashed potatoes, crab meat, salmon, lobster, and more.

In a Florida Today news story, Steve Siceloff, a NASA public affairs officer, stated:

The crews’ holiday meals, including Thanksgiving, were flown up on NG-23 [on September 14]. On board the spacecraft was a special Holiday Bulk Overwrapped Bag (BOB) filled with festive foods like clams, oysters, crab meat, quail, and smoked salmon, along with shelf-stable treats such as candies, icing, almond butter, and hummus,

Happy Thanksgiving wishes to the ISS crew as well as everyone back here on Earth.