Labor Day in space: NASA astronauts get the holiday off
07-09-2026 12:00 via space.com

Labor Day in space: NASA astronauts get the holiday off

Like most of their compatriots here on terra firma, the three Americans living off Earth will get to put their feet up today (Sept. 7).NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Anil Menon will get Labor Day off aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the agency said on Friday (Sept. 4). European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, the first French woman ever to perform a spacewalk, will also be off duty.However, the three Russian cosmonauts living on the ISS will have to clock in a
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