{"id":23470,"date":"2023-01-11T14:52:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/vikings-new-ocean-ship-named-by-astronaut\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:52:50","slug":"vikings-new-ocean-ship-named-by-astronaut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/vikings-new-ocean-ship-named-by-astronaut\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking\u2019s New Ocean Ship Named By Astronaut"},"content":{"rendered":"

[ad_1]
\n<\/p>\n

\n

Viking\u00ae (www.viking.com<\/a>) named its latest ocean ship, the\u00a0Viking Neptune<\/em><\/a>\u00ae,<\/em>\u00a0with a celebration on Sunday in Los Angeles. As a part of the occasion, the ship\u2019s ceremonial godmother, Nicole Stott, retired NASA astronaut, aquanaut and artist, supplied a blessing of fine fortune and secure crusing for the ship\u2014a maritime custom that dates again 1000’s of years. The\u00a0Viking Neptune<\/em>\u00a0arrived in Los Angeles early within the morning on January 8 and departed for Honolulu following the naming ceremony. The ship is presently crusing the\u00a02022-2023 Viking World Cruise<\/em><\/a>, an epic voyage from Fort Lauderdale to London that spans 138-days, 28 international locations and 57 ports, with in a single day stays in 11 cities. The naming of the\u00a0Viking Neptune<\/em>\u00a0additionally comes at a time of document gross sales for Viking, with the launch of Viking\u2019s new 25th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary Sale on January 1 ensuing within the highest variety of bookings in a single week within the firm\u2019s historical past.<\/p>\n

In conserving with the naming custom, through the ceremony Nicole used\u00a0a historic Viking broad axe to chop a ribbon that allowed a bottle of Norwegian aquavit to interrupt on the ship\u2019s hull.\u00a0<\/a>Prior to the ribbon slicing, the axe was introduced to Nicole by\u00a0<\/a>Sissel\u00a0<\/a>Kyrkjeb\u00f8<\/a>, one of many world\u2019s main crossover sopranos and godmother of the\u00a0Viking Jupiter<\/em><\/a>\u00ae, who used it when naming her ship in January 2020.\u00a0Event company additionally loved performances from Sissel and Norwegian\u00a0violinist Tor Jaran Apold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nicole Stott, Godmother of the\u00a0Viking Neptune<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A veteran NASA astronaut, Nicole Stott\u2019s expertise consists of two spaceflights and 104 days spent dwelling and dealing in house on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS). She has carried out one house stroll and was the primary individual to fly the robotic arm to seize the free-flying HTV cargo car, the final crew member to fly to and from their ISS mission on a Space Shuttle, and a member of the ultimate flight crew of Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-133. Nicole can be a NASA aquanaut who lived and labored on the Aquarius Undersea Habitat for 18 days.<\/p>\n

She is the writer of\u00a0Back to Earth: What Life In Space Taught Me About Our Home Planet \u2013 And Our Mission To Protect It.\u00a0<\/em>Also an artist, Nicole painted the primary watercolor portray in house\u2014and is a co-founder of the Space for Art Foundation, which unites a planetary group of youngsters by the awe and surprise of house exploration and the therapeutic energy of artwork. Through her work, Nicole conjures up everybody\u2019s appreciation of our function as crewmates right here on \u201cspaceship\u201d Earth.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Viking Neptune<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Viking Neptune<\/em>\u00a0is the most recent ship in Viking\u2019s award-winning ocean fleet of similar sister ships, which additionally consists of the\u00a0Viking Star<\/em><\/a>\u00ae<\/em>, the\u00a0Viking Sea<\/em><\/a>\u00ae<\/em>, the\u00a0Viking Sky<\/em><\/a>\u00ae<\/em>, the\u00a0Viking Orion<\/em><\/a>\u00ae<\/em>, the\u00a0Viking Jupiter<\/em><\/a>\u00ae<\/em>, the\u00a0Viking Venus<\/em><\/a>\u00ae<\/em>, and the\u00a0Viking Mars<\/em><\/a>\u00ae<\/em>. In April, Viking may also welcome one other new ocean ship, the\u00a0Viking Saturn<\/em><\/a>\u00ae<\/em>. Classified by Cruise Critic as \u201csmall ships,\u201d Viking\u2019s ocean vessels have a gross tonnage of 47,800 tons, with 465 staterooms that may host 930 company; the ships characteristic all veranda staterooms, Scandinavian design, light-filled public areas and considerable al fresco eating choices.<\/p>\n

Although similar to Viking\u2019s different ocean ships, the\u00a0Viking Neptune<\/em>\u00a0is uniquely geared up with a small hydrogen gasoline system, making it the cruise trade\u2019s first ship to check the usage of hydrogen energy for on board operations. Viking is utilizing the small system as a take a look at to find out how hydrogen gasoline might be used at a bigger scale in future newbuilds.<\/p>\n

Booking Details<\/strong><\/p>\n

From now by January 31, 2023, Viking is providing a 25th<\/sup>\u00a0Anniversary Sale, with a $25 deposit, particular financial savings, and as much as free worldwide airfare on river, ocean and expedition voyages. Call Viking toll free at 1-855-8-VIKING (1-855-884-5464) or contact a journey agent for particulars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[ad_1] Viking\u00ae (www.viking.com) named its latest ocean ship, the\u00a0Viking Neptune\u00ae,\u00a0with a celebration on Sunday in Los Angeles. As a part of the occasion, the ship\u2019s ceremonial godmother, Nicole Stott, retired NASA astronaut, aquanaut and artist, supplied a blessing of fine fortune and secure crusing for the ship\u2014a maritime custom that dates again 1000’s of years. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.chriscruises.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/1680_-2-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cruise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}