Happy zero-gravity Hanukkah! Holiday celebrated aboard ISS

Reuters

Astronauts on the International Space Station have been celebrating Hanukkah, or Chanukah, with a paper menorah the traditional spinning of a dreidel - in zero gravity!

Crew member Jasmin Moghbeli shared this video footage of the dreidel spinning after Hanukkah got underway last Thursday night.

She wrote on social media: "Happy Hanukkah from the @Space_Station!! Real candles not allowed!"

Moghbehli is of Iranian-Persian heritage. She celebrates Hanukkah as her husband is Jewish and the couple, who have two daughters, usually mark the holiday together.

Hanukkah continues until Friday 15 December.

(Source: Cover Media via Reuters Connect)