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(July 5) -- A U.S. astronaut orbiting 200 miles above Earth has sent a Fourth of July message home to America via Twitter.
NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock is one of three Americans living in a Russian module aboard the international space station. He wished his country a happy Independence Day on Sunday and sent photos of his celebration.
"Happy 4th of July! Celebrating Independence Day morning in the Russian 'Service Module', the ISS Command Post," wrote Wheelock, also a U.S. Army colonel.
In a photo he also posted to the micro-blogging site Twitter, Wheelock poses with a Congressional Medal of Honor awarded to the late Lester Stone, an Army sergeant killed in the Vietnam War. Its light blue ribbon floats sideways from his flight suit, without gravity.
"To my beloved Doris Stone, and all that love peace and freedom...Grace and Peace on this blessed Independence Day!" Wheelock wrote, addressing Stone's mother, Doris. The astronaut took the medal up into space with him when he launched in mid-June.
For Wheelock and other astronauts aboard the international orbiter, Sunday was a regular work day, and they oversaw the arrival of a Russian cargo ship, which docked at the station after a failed first attempt on Friday.
But like many Americans back on Earth, the astronauts are enjoying "an off-duty day Monday in observance of the U.S. Independence Day holiday," NASA said on its website.
In the past, NASA has said astronauts in orbit cannot see Fourth of July fireworks from space. Fireworks are -- perhaps unsurprisingly -- not allowed aboard the international space station, because of the fire hazard.
US Astronaut Sends July Fourth Message From Space
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