Christmas in space
Dec. 24th, 2005 09:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
serenissimaChristmas goodies arrive at orbiting space station
MIAMI (Reuters) - An unmanned Russian spaceship carrying food, water, fuel and Christmas goodies for two orbiting astronauts docked at the International Space Station on Friday.
The craft carried needed supplies to Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev and U.S. astronaut William McArthur, who have been stationed in Earth's orbit for nearly three months.
"Santa's sleigh has arrived," McArthur said. "Valery and I have really been very good boys this year so we're certain there are going to be lots of goodies on board for us."
NASA declined to reveal what the Christmas packages contained. But the Itar-Tass news agency had earlier reported that the ISS crew would receive a doll of Father Frost, a Russian analog of Santa Claus, chocolates and DVD disks as their Christmas and New Year gifts.
