Expedition 72 is the 25th crew to spend Christmas aboard the International Space Station. The first crew to spend the holidays on the orbital outpost was Expedition 1 on Dec. 25, 2000. Pic 1) NASA Astronauts Suni Williams, Don Pettit, Nick Hague, and Butch Wilmore of Expedition 72 shared a holiday greeting and expressed well wishes to those back home on Earth during a pre-recorded message on Dec. 23, 2024. Pic 2) Wearing Santa Claus hats, cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin (left), Expedition 14 flight engineer representing Russia's Federal Space Agency; astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, commander and NASA space station science officer; and astronaut Sunita L. Williams, flight engineer, pose for a holiday photo in the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. Pic 3) Expedition 34 crew members assemble in the Unity node of the International Space Station for a brief celebration of the Christmas holiday. Pictured clockwise (from top right) are NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, command...