Thanksgiving aboard the International Space Station - WRAL.com

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NASA's four astronauts aboard the International Space Station will celebrate Thanksgiving with their Russian Space Agency crewmates Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergey Ryzhikov, as well as Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Astronauts Kathleen Rubins, Victor Glover, Michael Hopkins, and Shannon Walker recently shared greetings as well as a preview of what they'll be enjoying as they float around their Thanksgiving table

“For me, Thanksgiving is all about family,” said Expedition 64 flight engineer and Air Force Col

“On this particular Thanksgiving, though, it’s going to be a little bit different because I’m spending it with my international family.We all feel very blessed to be up here, we’re also very thankful for everything that we have"

Noguchi also brought Japanese dishes to share with his crew mates including curry rice, red bean rice and his favorite a seafood dish prepared by Japanese high school students

Students at the Marine Studies department at Wakasa Senior High School in the western coastal town of Obama, Japan prepared and canned mackerel in soy sauce

A total of 30 students at Wakasa High School worked on the product over several years before JAXA certified it for use in space

According to JAXA, students made improvements to the product to make it more useful in space

NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory shared their recipe for the cornbread dressing enjoyed by astronauts, no freeze drying required

NASA’s Space Food Systems Laboratory takes the extra steps of transferring the baked cornbread to metal tray for freeze drying