{
  "id": 17134458,
  "title": "Halloween Aboard the International Space Station",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/halloween-aboard-the-international-space-station",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T21:44:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA Science",
    "slug": "nasa-science",
    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/halloween-aboard-the-international-space-station/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "During Expedition 37, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano finally fulfilled his dream of floating like Superman aboard the International Space Station. Although there were no ghosts, goblins, or trick-or-treaters visiting the orbiting laboratory, the crew members still embraced the Halloween spirit. They either dressed up individually or as an entire crew, often creating costumes with materials available on the space station.\n\nIn 2009, the Expedition 21 crew displayed their creative costumes during Halloween. The following year, in 2017, Expedition 53 crew members showed off their Halloween outfits, with Flight Engineer Sergei Prokopyev as Elvis Presley, Commander Alexander Gerst as Darth Vader, and Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor as a mad scientist.\n\nIn 2019, Expedition 61 members, including NASA astronaut Christina Koch, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Andrew \"Drew\" Morgan and Jessica Meir, proudly displayed their Halloween spirit.",
  "summary": "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 […] The post Halloween…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}