Ground controllers then began to hear the strains of none other than “Jingle Bells,” being played by the astronauts on a harmonica backed by miniature sleigh bells. Today, those bells and ...

Free bird James Lord Pierpont spent his life dashing through American history like it was his own one-horse open sleigh of adventure. Born the son of a preacher, he became a Boston whaler, Navy ...

16, 1965, made “Jingle Bells” the first song heard from space (video below). They played it on a harmonica with accompanying bells after sending this message back to Earth: We have an object ...

A little more than 56 years ago, on Dec. 16, 1965, an Air Force pilot named Thomas Stafford and a Navy pilot named Wally Schirra played the Christmas anthem ‘Jingle Bells’ on a harmonica and ...

It was later renamed "Jingle Bells" as a result ... At the time, the crew of Gemini 6 played the song with bells and a harmonica they managed to sneak onboard the spacecraft.

National Air and Space Museum Then ground controllers heard the strains, both familiar and otherworldly, of "Jingle Bells," played on a harmonica backed by—what else?—miniature sleigh bells.

The astronauts then produced a smuggled harmonica and sleighbells and broadcast a rendition of “Jingle Bells.” So, is this song that’s out of this world actually a song of the South?

On December 16, 1965, 'Jingle Bells' made history as the first song ever played in outer space when the crew of Gemini 6 included it in their celestial repertoire using bells and a harmonica they ...

On Christmas Eve, in 1965, astronauts played the carol Jingle Bells with a harmonica and bell. Even though a few other musical instruments were flown into space after this, it was still a rare ...

Ground controllers then began to hear the strains of none other than “Jingle Bells,” being played by the astronauts on a harmonica backed by miniature sleigh bells. Today, those bells and ...