December 24, 2017
Space Station movie night, complete with “bungee cord chairs”, drink bags, and a science fiction flick! pic.twitter.com/IPZ2thI8rw
— Mark T. Vande Hei (@Astro_Sabot) December 24, 2017
There are plenty of reasons to want to be an astronaut. Zero gravity, exploring beyond the confines of Earth, contributing to historic scientific discovery, and now, watching the new Star Wars in space. After a record breaking opening weekend, the eighth installment of the Star Wars franchise distinguished itself in another way: real spacemen watch the film in space. NASA astronauts posted a photo of themselves watching The Last Jedi with real space snacks and improvised chairs, amid a ton of space gadgets.
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