Final Frontier Jerky is Safely Delivered to the International Space Station

The Progress freighter spacecraft carrying Beefjerky.com’s Final Frontier Jerky docked safely with ISS at 8:24pm EDT Tuesday, May 22, 2001. The voyage began with a blast-off at 6:32:40 p.m. EDT Sunday, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft and jerky safely arrived in orbit about eight minutes later.

The spacecraft flew a two-day approach to the International Space Station and successfully completed its automatic docking.

This is the first supply of Final Frontier Jerky to be sent to the International Space Station since it was occupied on November 2, 2000.

As the hatches opened between the Progress M1-255 freighter and the International Space Station (ISS) Beefjerky.com’s Final Frontier Jerky was delivered to a waiting astronaut. The astronaut specifically requested Beefjerky.com’s Final Frontier Jerky to be sent to ISS at the earliest opportunity, after a recommendation by a nephew via email.

A sparse 2-3 oz was all that could be shipped aboard the Progress M1-255 resupply spacecraft, launched May 20th. Mass margins are extremely close for Progress launches, every item stowed aboard is tallied to the last gram. The mass allowance came in the form of the astronaut ‘care package’, a small package that astronaut families can send to their loved one in space.

This event marks the first time Final Frontier Jerky was flown to the International Space Station and the first time the product was specifically requested from orbit. As Beefjerky.com fulfills this first delivery request from Space, we look forward to the day when average people can float by a porthole and watch the Earth turn below, while chewing on Final Frontier Jerky.

Beefjerky.com inaugarated their space program in September 1996, with their first Final Frontier Jerky launch into space. STS-79 Space Shuttle Atlantis blasted of with 40 ounces of Final Frontier Jerky, destination, Space Station Mir.

Beefjerky.com is very pleased to make this announcement of the continuation of our space program with our second Final Frontier Jerky launch into space.

Beefjerky.com Home Page

This site is copyright © 1995 - 2011 Beefjerky.com