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 ...

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 ...