"As 2024 comes to a close today, the Exp 72 crew will see 16 sunrises and sunsets while soaring into the New Year," the ISS crew posted on X about the unique celebration.
"We'd love to be there with you in Times Square to watch the ball drop," he added as Pettit pulled out an orange ball and let it go in the weightlessness of space. "We have our own ball, but it doesn't drop. It just kind of stays in place," Wilmore joked.
"While we're on the International Space Station, we're separated from our families. We're separated from our friends, but we have our crew here, and they become our family."
"Well, Happy New Year from the International Space Station," Wilmore said as he stood beside fellow astronaut Don Pettit. "We look forward to midnight, Eastern Time, in Times Square, and we'll be there, virtually with you."
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