What's Inside an Astronaut's Care Package
Group at International Space Station cracks open their gifts from home.
— -- Astronauts at the International Space Station were treated to some Earthly pleasures this weekend when they cracked open their care packages from home.
The SpaceX Dragon arrived at the ISS last week bearing belated holiday presents and groceries for the astronauts, who have been cooped up in the station in low-earth orbit for months.
U.S. astronaut Terry Virts smiled with Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti as they posed with fresh apples floating in the zero-gravity environment.
"A real treat to have fresh fruit!" he tweeted.
Cmdr. Butch Wilmore looked pleased with his gifts, which included a back-scratcher and a few bottles of mustard to spice up his space cuisine.
Also on the SpaceX Dragon were parts for the space station and science experiments, marking the private company's fifth resupply mission to the International Space Station.