A Russian spacecraft Progress launched towards space on Sunday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to deliver necessitates and presents for Christmas and New Year’s to the International Space Station.
The Progress spaceship is an automated, unpiloted version of the Soyuz spacecraft that is used to bring supplies to the ISS. The spokesperson for the ground control outside Moscow said, “it is en route to entering the orbit”. The Progress was packed with fuel, food and technical gear for the ISS as well as Christmas presents for US commander Peggy Whitson and NASA flight engineer Dan Tan. The third Russian crew member will be especially excited as he will not only be receiving his traditional Russian New Year’s present but something for his forty-sixth birthday soon.
Now that's what dreams are made of for any wanna-be astronaut; birthday gift being delivered on a spaceship. Among his gift will be favorite films and music, plus some home video shot by his relatives back at home, RIA Novosti news agency reported.
The ISS has been continuously inhabited since the first resident crew entered the station on November 2, 2000, providing a permanent human residence in Space.
Source: Times Group.
Image Source:NASA gov.
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