Haircut Day | International Space Station

Haircut Day | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers cuts the hair of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Takuya Onishi

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers cuts the hair of fellow U.S. astronaut Jonny Kim

Expedition 72 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers: "It was haircut day for Takuya Onishi and Jonny Kim. Never thought I’d need to learn to cut hair, but it’s super useful up here. Gotta get the fade right and keep everyone looking good!" 

"We attach a vacuum to the clippers to catch tiny floating hairs that could become a hazard. We also do haircuts near air intakes to catch anything the vacuum misses."

"Just cleaned up the sides for Jonny and finished the top with scissors for Tak while he held the end of the vacuum hose to catch clippings. Makes for an easy cleanup!"

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Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: JAXA Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Don Pettit, Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science 

For more information about STEM on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation 

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center 
Release Date: April 17, 2025

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