Name: Viking Neptune Naming Ceremony | Godmother, Astronaut Nicole Stott | Viking Cruises | Cruise News
Uploaded: 2023-01-11T05:51:24+00:00
Duration: 2 min 13 s
Description: #cruisenews #VikingNeptune #Viking Under a moonlit night sky in the shadow of the Vincent Thomas Bridge, all eyes turned to Viking's newest ocean ship docked in the Port of Los Angeles. Cruise Addicts

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Under a moonlit night sky in the shadow of the Vincent Thomas Bridge, all eyes turned to Viking's newest ocean ship docked in the Port of Los Angeles.

Cruise Addicts was honored to attend this ceremony and celebration as Viking named its newest and 8th ocean ship, the Viking Neptune®, on Sunday (January 8th, 2023) in Los Angeles.

As part of the event, the ship’s ceremonial godmother, Nicole Stott, retired NASA astronaut, aquanaut, and artist offered a blessing of good fortune and safe sailing for the ship. The traditional naming and launching ceremonies of ships dating back to the 3rd millennium BC to bring good luck and safety to the new ship, its crew, and the passengers she will carry.

Godmother Nicole Stott

A veteran NASA astronaut, Nicole Stott’s experience includes two spaceflights and 104 days spent living and working in space on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS). She has performed one spacewalk and was the first person to fly the robotic arm to capture the free-flying HTV cargo vehicle, the last crew member to fly to and from their ISS mission on a Space Shuttle, and a member of the final flight crew of Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-133. Nicole is also a NASA aquanaut who lived and worked on the Aquarius Undersea Habitat for 18 days.

She is the author of Back to Earth: What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet – And Our Mission To Protect It. Also an artist, Nicole painted the first watercolor painting in space—and is a co-founder of the Space for Art Foundation, which unites a planetary community of children through the awe and wonder of space exploration and the healing power of art. Through her work, Nicole inspires everyone’s appreciation of our role as crewmates here on “spaceship” Earth.

Viking Neptune Join's Her Identical Sisters

The Viking Neptune is the newest ship in Viking’s award-winning ocean fleet of identical sister ships, which also includes the Viking Star®, the Viking Sea®, the Viking Sky®, the Viking Orion®, the Viking Jupiter®, the Viking Venus®, and the Viking Mars®. In April, Viking will also welcome another new ocean ship, the Viking Saturn®. Classified by Cruise Critic as “small ships,” Viking’s ocean vessels have a gross tonnage of 47,800 tons, with 465 staterooms that can host 930 guests; the ships feature all veranda staterooms, Scandinavian design, light-filled public spaces, and abundant al fresco dining options.

Hydrogen Fuel System Testing Onboard

Although identical to Viking’s other ocean ships, the Viking Neptune is uniquely equipped with a small hydrogen fuel system, making it the cruise industry’s first ship to test the use of hydrogen power for onboard operations. Viking is using the small system to test how hydrogen fuel could be used at a larger scale in future new builds.

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