Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 73 Flight Engineers Nichole Ayers, Anne McClain, and Jonny Kim of NASA recorded a message for the nation’s celebration of its 249th birthday from their orbital vantage point 250 miles above Earth. Ayers and McClain launched to the station in March aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket nearly a month before Kim launched aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. Join NASA as we go forward to the Moon and on to Mars -- discover the latest on Earth, the Solar System and beyond with a weekly update in your inbox. Subscribe at: https://www.nasa.gov/subscribe
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