International Space Station astronauts finally get their Christmas presents

#ISS #DragonCapsule #SpaceX It was a much belated shipment of Christmas presents for the astronauts on-board the International Space Station that finally arrived at the ISS along with much-needed groceries.
It was delivered by Dragon, the supply ship of SpaceX Company. It had taken off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday and arrived at the orbiting lab early on Monday. The astronauts working inside the station made use of a robotic crane to pluck the capsule from orbit and grab its precious cargo.
Station commander Butch Wilmore radioed to Mission Control in Houston about the safe arrival of the items because the six astronauts in ISS were getting a little low on supplies since, the previous supply ship was destroyed in an October launch explosion. That was owned by a different company and, NASA had to arrange and send replacement equipment aboard Dragon.
Incidentally, Butch Wilmore was waiting eagerly for fresh stock of mustard - the condiment cabinet of ISS is, reportedly, empty.
The Dragon capsule is believed to be loaded with over 2,313-Kg of food, clothing, equipment and science experiments for the six-member station crew and includes an instrument to measure clouds and aerosols in the Earth's atmosphere. The capsule will not return immediately but will remain docked to ISS for about four weeks and, then, would fly back to Earth.