- A supply rocket sent to the International Space Station included not only space station necessities, but also a pizza delivery for seven astronauts
- Along with pizza, the 8,200-pound shipment also included fresh apples, tomatoes and kiwi, along with a pizza kit and cheese smorgasbord for the seven astronauts
- This is the 16th and largest delivery of supplies by Northrop Grumman for NASA
WALLOPS ISLAND, Virginia: A supply rocket sent to the International Space Station included not only space station necessities, but also a pizza delivery for seven astronauts.
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus cargo ship, which was launched from Virginia’s eastern coast on Tuesday, is scheduled to arrive at the space station on Thursday.
Along with pizza, the 8,200-pound shipment also included fresh apples, tomatoes and kiwi, along with a pizza kit and cheese smorgasbord for the seven astronauts.
Besides delicacies, normal supplies included a mounting bracket for new solar wings that will be attached to the lab next year, a material to be used in the space station’s 3D printer, along with slime mold for a French educational experiment called the “Blob,” and an experimental infrared-detecting device for tracking satellites.
This is the 16th and largest delivery of supplies by Northrop Grumman for NASA. The rocket was fired from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility.
“Aloha to the S.S. Ellison Onizuka,” Northrop Grumman announced shortly before liftoff. The capsule was named after Hawaian Onizuka, the first Asian-American to travel to space, who died in the 1986 Challenger disaster.
NASA’s other shipper, SpaceX, will follow with a cargo run in several weeks.
The space station is currently home to three Americans, two Russians, one French and one Japanese.
