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| Ice-cream for Sunita Williams |
| Ice-cream for Sunita Williams in first-ever commercial space cargo flight
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 8-October-2012
8:58:30 AM |
| Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams will soon enjoy delicious 'chocolate-vanilla swirl' on board International Space Station (ISS) after NASA's first contracted commercial cargo capsule was rocketed into orbit to resupply the orbiting laboratory.
SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, a commercial cargo ship, was blasted off into orbit late on Sunday, kicking off a new era of commercial resupply flights intended to restore supply chain that was crippled following the shuttle's retirement.
The spacecraft is now chasing the International Space Station and will arrive on Wednesday morning.
The cargo ship has been loaded with 450 kgs of key science experiments crew supplies including ice cream treats and other precious gear.
There was also a personal touch: chocolate-vanilla swirl ice cream tucked in a freezer for the three station residents.
The space station's three-person crew watched SpaceX's smooth Dragon launch live via a video feed beamed up by flight controllers.
At the time of launch, the station was sailing 362 miles above Tasmania, NASA officials said.
"We are ready to grab Dragon!" the station's commander, Sunita Williams, radioed down to Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston along with congratulations for the SpaceX team
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