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 ...

During this time of year we all hear the tune to Jingle Bells at some point or ... At the time, the crew of Gemini 6 played the song with bells and a harmonica they managed to sneak onboard ...

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?