Living in Space: Family Video Conference

Family video conferences are conducted on a weekly basis and on Holidays and special events. The conferences provide Psychological support and allow the crewmember to have visual interaction with their immediate family on a regular basis. The following video shows Mike Hopkins (NASA, Exp. 37/38) (narrating), Rick Mastracchio (NASA, Exp. 38/39) and Koichi Wakata (JAXA, Exp. 38/39 celebrating New Year’s with their spouses, family and friends via a video conference. Video provided by NatGeo programming