{
  "id": 17134551,
  "title": "Halloween Aboard the International Space Station",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/halloween-aboard-the-international-space-station-17134551",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-29T21:44:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NASA",
    "slug": "nasa",
    "url": "https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/johnson/halloween-aboard-the-international-space-station/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Halloween festivities continue aboard the International Space Station as ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and his fellow crew members don creative costumes to celebrate the spooky holiday. While there are no ghosts or trick-or-treaters, the orbiting laboratory's residents find ways to get into the spirit.\n\nFrom 2009 to 2019, various Expedition crews have participated in Halloween celebrations. In 2009, Expedition 21's Nicole Stott showcased her Halloween outfit. A year later, Expedition 53 saw Flight Engineer Sergei Prokopyev as Elvis Presley, Commander Alexander Gerst as Darth Vader, and Flight Engineer Serena Auñón-Chancellor as a mad scientist, all posing together for a Halloween photo.\n\nIn 2019, Expedition 61 members NASA astronaut Christina Koch, ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano, and NASA astronauts Andrew \"Drew\" Morgan and Jessica Meir donned their Halloween costumes, continuing the tradition of creativity and spirit aboard the space station.",
  "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 […]",
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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."
}