Space Station 20th: Halloween on Space Station

by John Uri | 2020-10-30

Although no trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting facility still like to get in the Halloween spirit. Whether individually or as an entire crew, they will dress up in sometimes spooky, sometimes scary, but always creative costumes, often designed from materials available aboard the station. Please enjoy the following scenes from Halloweens past … as we anticipate the costumes of the future.

Left: Halloween 2009, and the Expedition 21 crew shows off its costumes. Middle: Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Nicole P. Stott. Right: Stott’s version of a Jack o’lantern, carved from an orange recently delivered to the International Space Station by a Progress resupply vehicle. Credits: NASA Left: Halloween 2009, and the Expedition 21 crew shows off its costumes. Middle: Expedition 21 Flight Engineer Nicole P. Stott. Right: Stott’s version of a Jack o’ lantern, carved from an orange recently delivered to the International Space Station by a Progress resupply vehicle. Credits: NASA

Left: Italian Space Agency astronaut Luca S. Parmitano finally gets his wish to fly like Superman during Expedition 37. Right: Who’s that behind the scary mask? None other than NASA astronaut Scott J. Kelly celebrating Halloween in 2015 during his one-year mission. Credits: NASA Left: Italian Space Agency astronaut Luca S. Parmitano finally gets his wish to fly like Superman during Expedition 37. Right: Who’s that behind the scary mask? None other than NASA astronaut Scott J. Kelly celebrating Halloween in 2015 during his one-year mission. Credits: NASA

Left: The Expedition 53 crew all dressed up for Halloween in 2017. Middle: Expedition 53 Commander NASA astronaut Randolph J. “Randy” Bresnik shows off his costume. Right: Expedition 53 Flight Engineer NASA astronaut Joseph M. Acaba wearing Halloween colors. Credits: NASA Left: The Expedition 53 crew all dressed up for Halloween in 2017. Middle: Expedition 53 Commander NASA astronaut Randolph J. “Randy” Bresnik shows off his costume. Right: Expedition 53 Flight Engineer NASA astronaut Joseph M. Acaba wearing Halloween colors. Credits: NASA

Left: Russian Space Agency cosmonaut and Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Aleksandr Misurkin in his Halloween attire. Middle: Misurkin and fellow Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Mark T. Vande Hei of NASA comparing costumes. Right: ESA astronaut Paolo A. Nespoli shows off his Spiderman skills. Credits: NASA Left: Russian Space Agency cosmonaut and Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Aleksandr Misurkin in his Halloween attire. Middle: Misurkin and fellow Expedition 53 Flight Engineer Mark T. Vande Hei of NASA comparing costumes. Right: ESA astronaut Paolo A. Nespoli shows off his Spiderman skills. Credits: NASA

Left: Expedition 57 crew members in their Halloween best. From left, Russian Space Agency cosmonaut Sergei Prokopiev, ESA astronaut and Commander Alexander Gerst, and NASA astronaut Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor. Right: Members of Expedition 61, NASA astronaut Christina H. Koch, top left, ESA astronaut Luca S. Parmitano, NASA astronaut Andrew R. “Drew” Morgan, and NASA astronaut Jessica U. Meir, show their Halloween spirit in 2019. Credits: NASA

The spookiness continues …