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![An astronaut in a red shirt holds a gold Nobel Prize medal in space](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/K6db54jbUCez8xJQMdVwz5-320-80.jpg)
Astronaut shows off vintage Nobel Prize in space — and talks 'quantum dots' ISS experiment (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
A quantum experiment, based on a Nobel Prize work, is mounted outside the International Space Station. The new Nobel laureate called the ISS to talk about it all.
![a dreidel floats in front of a window in space. a felt menorah with a middle felt flame and a far right flame indicate the first night of Hanukkah. a section of earth is seen below with blue sky and scattered clouds. the gold side of a decagonal solar panel is seen out the window.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iPakC7xWrq5TdENPdaX5WB-320-80.jpg)
NASA astronaut spins the dreidel for Hanukkah aboard International Space Station (video)
By Josh Dinner published
NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli celebrated the first night of Hanukkah aboard the International Space Station with a felt menorah and video of a spinning dreidel in microgravity.
![the international space station at a distance with solar panels shining against black space. earth is below](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2VtDSkH7dBxcxBSTsBRTX3-320-80.jpg)
Watch ISS astronaut speak with Nobel Prize winners today
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
International Space Station commander Andreas Mogensen will speak with two Nobel laureates on Dec. 11. You can watch the event live, for free.
![cover of a book called "space bites," which shows an astronaut in a spacesuit holding a taco with earth in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xHvLAvpLSqU2eVC8WPcuee-320-80.jpg)
Ex-NASA scientist dishes on space food in new memoir 'Space Bites'
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Of all of the food items she helped send into space, Vickie Kloeris' favorite was the cherry-blueberry cobbler. A NASA food scientist for 34 years, Kloeris has published her memoir 'Space Bites.'
![collage consisting of two photos. at left is a cylindrical silver spacecraft inside a white-walled high bay, and at right is a smiling woman in a blue flight suit sitting in front of an american flag.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/fBgmvC5UYj5WNNPHCvzjHB-320-80.jpg)
Private cargo spacecraft named for shuttle-era astronaut who died of plane crash injuries
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
NASA astronaut Patricia Hilliard 'Patty' Robertson, who died from injuries sustained in a plane crash, is Northrop Grumman's chosen namesake for its first Cygnus to launch atop a SpaceX rocket.
![jasmin moghbeli smiling beside a science cabinet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6oQmX4f8c567CkFyHBYCi5-320-80.jpg)
NASA astronaut will celebrate Hanukkah in space with felt menorah
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA International Space Station astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli will pin candles on a felt menorah to honor Hanukkah, the Jewish festival that begins Dec. 7.
![a fish eye lens view of the international space station with the canadarm extending up into black space. the earth is behind](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/FrjEaaGDNne7wWaSVGswKk-320-80.jpg)
The ISS just turned 25, and NASA is getting ready for the end (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
The ISS turned 25 years old on Dec. 6, and a new generation of space station is coming into view. By 2030, NASA wants commercial stations and a vehicle ready to deorbit the ISS.
![The International Space Station seen twice, 25 years apart. The image on the left shows the structure in 1998, consisting of just two modules; at right is the modern, fully built station,](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/cCeCFnWaTmJPYkhBbY4Zbd-320-80.jpg)
NASA marks 25th anniversary of ISS with call to crew on space station
By Robert Z. Pearlman published
Twenty-five years ago, Bob Cabana was at space shuttle Endeavour's controls when he fired thrusters to dock a U.S.-built node with a Russian module, giving birth to the International Space Station.
![two pictures. a tomato closeup at left, an international space station astronaut beside a small garden on the intrnational space station at right](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bwSNaUC9otpx7vFnb945NV-320-80.jpg)
ISS astronauts find tomato that was lost in space for 8 months (video)
By Elizabeth Howell published
During NASA astronaut Frank Rubio's year in space, a dwarf tomato he harvested floated away from him. International Space Station astronauts retrieved the tomato's remains 8 months later.
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