{"id":631876,"date":"2024-03-14T14:45:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T18:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=631876"},"modified":"2024-03-14T14:45:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T18:45:57","slug":"celebrating-pi-day-on-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/celebrating-pi-day-on-the-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Pi Day on the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-fit \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Stephen Bowen, wearing a green t-shirt and glasses, poses with a small latticed pie with a pi symbol outlined in green atop the lattice. Part of the International Space Station is visible behind him.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg 5568w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iss068e075336orig-iotd.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this image from March 13, 2023, NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen holds a small pie that is festively decorated in commemoration of Pi Day aboard the International Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 14 marks the annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi, aka the Greek letter \u03c0. Its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/edu\/news\/2016\/3\/16\/how-many-decimals-of-pi-do-we-really-need\/\" rel=\"noopener\">infinite number of digits<\/a>\u00a0is usually rounded to 3.14, hence the date of Pi Day. For some people, the occasion marks an annual excuse to eat pizza or pie (or both), but to truly honor this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/edu\/learn\/list\/oh-the-places-we-go-18-ways-nasa-uses-pi\/\" rel=\"noopener\">wondrously useful number<\/a>, a serving of mathematics is in order, too. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/learning-resources\/stem-engagement-at-nasa\/nasa-pi-day-challenge-serves-up-a-mathematical-marvel\/\">Continuing a decade-long tradition<\/a>, the Education Office at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has cooked up a set of illustrated math problems involving real-life NASA science and engineering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpl.nasa.gov\/edu\/nasapidaychallenge\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about the NASA Pi Day Challenge.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA\/Warren Hoburg<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this image from March 13, 2023, NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen holds a small pie that is festively decorated in commemoration of Pi Day aboard the International Space Station. March 14 marks the annual celebration of the mathematical constant pi, aka the Greek letter \u03c0. 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