“Happy Easter to everyone down there on Earth.” “We did want to send a special Easter message on this day.” “We did hide a few eggs around the cabin. They were the dehydrated scrambled egg variety, but we’re all pretty happy with them.” “We’re going to pass the Apollo 13 distance record by humans, and that record is 248,655 statute miles. That’s when we break the record.” “And in space, you really just eat all of your food out of bags of some kind. So we do have to eat our vegetables even in space. But don’t worry, they do give us mac and cheese.”

Source: New York Times April 06, 2026 13:32 UTC