Expedition 69 Flight Engineers play chess with NASA mission controllers

iss069e003898 (April 17, 2023) — (From left) Expedition 69 Flight Engineers Frank Rubio, Woody Hoburg (both from NASA), Sultan Alneyadi from UAE (United Arab Emirates), and Stephen Bowen from NASA give a “thumbs up” after winning the first round of a space-to-ground chess tournament with mission controllers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Hoburg is a chess fan and set up a chess tournament with mission controllers with each side having their own chess board and typically making one or two moves a day during their busy schedules.