Space station crews spend the holidays away from family and friends, but that doesn’t stop them from celebrating in space.

(Image Credit: NASA) Hanukkah was first celebrated in space in 1993. Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman was in space to service the Hubble Space Telescope during the mission. The event was celebrated using ...

He also invited Jewish astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman to give a talk. Of course, as fascinating a resource as YIVO is for the layman, it is much more essential to scholars. New York City Mayor Fiorello ...

NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman pictured with a dreidel during Hanukkah in December 1993 (Credit: NASA). After NASA launched the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope into Earth’s orbit in 1990, NASA sent a ...

In 1993, NASA astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman celebrated Hanukkah after completing the third spacewalk of the servicing mission. Hoffman celebrated with a traveling menorah and dreidel. As NASA ...