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When more than 100 million people on Earth tune in for the Super Bowl kick-off this Sunday, NASA's astronauts in space will probably be sleeping.

But two the American astronauts living and working on the International Space Station are football fans, and at least one of them says he hopes to wake up in time to see the end of theSuper Bowlmatchup between the New England Patriots or the Seattle Seahawks.

"Regrettably, our bedtime, or at least my bed time is quite early," the station's commander, NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore,said in an interview with reporters earlier this week. "But I am an early riser I look forward to at least watching the end and seeing the outcome. And I might throw something on the grill just for myself as well." [NASA Space Tech Makes the Super Bowl Possible]

"Grilling" for Wilmore probably means heating up somefreeze-dried or thermostabilized packaged food with warm water. There are no microwaves or ovens on the space station, and definitely no grills.Open flames aren't allowedinside the orbiting lab.

It's not possible for the astronauts to live on a typical day-night cycle. Their orbiting home circles Earth every 90 minutes, and they might witness up to 16 sunrises and sunsets each day. They live on Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT, and the 6:30 p.m. EST kick-off time actually occurs about two hours after the start of their bedtime, said NASA spokesman Dan Huot. If astronauts are awake, the game will be uplinked to them live.

"Not clear on who they will be rooting for," Huot said in an email. "Wilmore is from Tennessee and a big Titans fan and Virts has been wearing his Texans gear lately."

Virts posted a picture of himself on Twitter last week sporting a J.J. Watt Houston Texans shirt while looking down at Earth from the space station's cupola. The Texans didn't make it to the playoffs this year. Nonetheless, Virts wrote that Watt is "the best football player on Earth."

Wilmore isn't just a football fan; he's also a former college football star. He was a linebacker for Tennessee Tech's Golden Eagles. With 143 tackles, he ranks third on the team's all-time tackles list, and he was inducted into the school's "Sports Hall of Fame" in 2003.

Virts joked during this week's interview that it's "probably safe to say" that Wilmore is the best football player in space. But Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, of the European Space Agency, "is the greatest European football player, as we call soccer, on the station."

Wilmore, Virts and Cristoforetti are currently living on the$100-billion space stationwith three Russian cosmonauts, Elena Serova, Alexander Samoukutyaevand Anton Shkaplerov. Wilmore, Serova and Samoukutyaev are scheduled to come back to Earth in March. They'll be replaced by the next three crewmembers as part of a rotating system of that has kept the space station continuously occupied since 2000.

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When more than 100 million people on Earth tune in for the Super Bowl kick-off this Sunday, NASA's astronauts in space will probably be sleeping.

But two the American astronauts living and working on the International Space Station are football fans, and at least one of them says he hopes to wake up in time to see the end of theSuper Bowlmatchup between the New England Patriots or the Seattle Seahawks.

"Regrettably, our bedtime, or at least my bed time is quite early," the station's commander, NASA astronaut Barry "Butch" Wilmore,said in an interview with reporters earlier this week. "But I am an early riser I look forward to at least watching the end and seeing the outcome. And I might throw something on the grill just for myself as well." [NASA Space Tech Makes the Super Bowl Possible]

"Grilling" for Wilmore probably means heating up somefreeze-dried or thermostabilized packaged food with warm water. There are no microwaves or ovens on the space station, and definitely no grills.Open flames aren't allowedinside the orbiting lab.

It's not possible for the astronauts to live on a typical day-night cycle. Their orbiting home circles Earth every 90 minutes, and they might witness up to 16 sunrises and sunsets each day. They live on Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT, and the 6:30 p.m. EST kick-off time actually occurs about two hours after the start of their bedtime, said NASA spokesman Dan Huot. If astronauts are awake, the game will be uplinked to them live.

"Not clear on who they will be rooting for," Huot said in an email. "Wilmore is from Tennessee and a big Titans fan and Virts has been wearing his Texans gear lately."

Virts posted a picture of himself on Twitter last week sporting a J.J. Watt Houston Texans shirt while looking down at Earth from the space station's cupola. The Texans didn't make it to the playoffs this year. Nonetheless, Virts wrote that Watt is "the best football player on Earth."

Wilmore isn't just a football fan; he's also a former college football star. He was a linebacker for Tennessee Tech's Golden Eagles. With 143 tackles, he ranks third on the team's all-time tackles list, and he was inducted into the school's "Sports Hall of Fame" in 2003.

Virts joked during this week's interview that it's "probably safe to say" that Wilmore is the best football player in space. But Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, of the European Space Agency, "is the greatest European football player, as we call soccer, on the station."

Wilmore, Virts and Cristoforetti are currently living on the$100-billion space stationwith three Russian cosmonauts, Elena Serova, Alexander Samoukutyaevand Anton Shkaplerov. Wilmore, Serova and Samoukutyaev are scheduled to come back to Earth in March. They'll be replaced by the next three crewmembers as part of a rotating system of that has kept the space station continuously occupied since 2000.

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What lightning looks like from space - timelapse
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Space Station Crew Discusses Life in Space with the Media
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Aurora and Moonglow over W. Europe
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2015 Blizzard Time-Lapse video from International Space Station
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Smart Maintenance Inspection Repair Free-Flyer (SMIRFF)
SMIRFF is a smart,intelligent free-flying robot concept which can be used for external as well as internal inspection and repair work of space structures or habitats like International Space Station.

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View From Space Station - motion graphics element
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Sample Video Lecture
Learn about the Japanese robot, Kirobo, that went aboard the International Space Station.

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