The Progress M1-255 freighter
carrying Beefjerky.com's Final Frontier Beef Jerky was launched by its
Soyuz FG booster, blasting off at 6:32:40 p.m. EDT Sunday, the 19th
of May 2001, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The spacecraft and jerky
safely arrived in orbit about eight minutes later.
The robotic spacecraft flew
a two-day approach to the International Space Station and docked at
8:19 p.m. EDT Tuesday, May 22, 2001. This is the first supply of Final
Frontier Jerky to be sent to the International Space Station via a Progress
space-freighter since the Station was occupied on November 2, 2000.
When the hatches opened between
the Progress M1-255 freighter and the International Space Station (ISS)
Beefjerky.com's Final Frontier Jerky was be 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 e-mail.
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 freighter 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.
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