Yay, the celebration of Christmas gets its embarkment from the beginning of December, and like every festival where meal and banquet play the major role, Christmas too brings the same zeal of eating and enjoying with everybody.
Well, it’s all possible to enjoy on the land, but surprisingly the astronaut’s abroad the International Space Station will be a part of the felicitation at a whopping height of 408 kilometers from the Earth…that sounds strange, we heard it correct. You might feel that in a food desert, how it would be possible for the Astronauts to have such Christmas meal, but with the SpaceX company, the private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company has made it possible.
#DidYouKnow: @Space_Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm can move approximately 256,000 pounds. Watch the installation of @SpaceX’s #Dragon spacecraft that’s delivering nearly 6,000 pounds of research equipment, cargo & supplies: https://t.co/mzKW5uV4hS Ask questions using #askNASA pic.twitter.com/8A4HdcLPj6
— NASA (@NASA) December 8, 2018
A delivery from SpaceX included full of Christmas goodies at the International Space Station on Saturday. The Dragon capsule holds all delightful stuff, from Christmas dinner to the experimental requirement, everything is encapsulated within the capsule which is worth 2270 kilograms.
Dragon is moving back to ~30 meter hold point while the @NASA team works a ground communication issue. Dragon remains on track for capture by the @Space_Station shortly.
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 8, 2018
Slightly delayed due to the communication issue, SpaceX tweeted, “Dragon is moving back to ~ 30-meter hold point while the @NASA team works a ground communication issue. Dragon remains on track for capture by the @Space_Station shortly.”
The food includes smoked turkey, green beans casserole, cranberry sauce, candied yams, and fruitcake with butter cookies while for the science experiments, mice and worms are send through the gadget.
Meanwhile, three of the space station residents will be on board for Christmas and the other three will return to Earth on December 20. Until then, the station is home to two Americans, two Russians, one Canadian and Gerst. According to the reports, it is the second space station visit as it was last year too.
Dragon completed its first flight around the world 8 years ago today. Since then, Dragon has visited @Space_Station 16 times. Next year, SpaceX will take another important step with an upgraded Dragon capable of returning human spaceflight to the US for the first time since 2011. pic.twitter.com/N5PxeiWrUQ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) December 8, 2018
Headquartered in California, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation also called SpaceX, is delivering its services for NASA since 2012, and this one is the 16th delivery as per their contract.
