Astronaut Celebrates Easter in Space (Easter Eggs Included)

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Children around the world aren't the only ones having an Easter egg hunt today. Astronauts in space will get Easter treats, too.


Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who commands the International Space Station, made sure that the Easter Bunny would make a special trip to the orbital lab today (March 31) just in time for a celebration of Easter in space.


"Good Morning, Earth! A fine Easter Sunday morning to you from the crew of the International Space Station," Hadfield wrote in a post on Twitter. He's using the social media service to chronicle his mission under the name @Cmdr_Hadfield.


Hadfield snapped a sunrise photo of Earth on Easter showing the sun glinting off the Great Lakes in North America this morning to mark the occasion: Read more...


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