Watch Space. X Launch Lots of Ice Cream to NASA Astronauts Today. The dog days of summer are here, so shouldn’t astronauts hurtling through space get to enjoy some Earthly delights? Today, a Space. X Falcon 9 rocket will launch some experiments—and lots of ice cream—up to astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Honestly, the flavor selection is not too shabby.

This one, right here? It slays me. Pretty much sums up how most toddlers probably feel at being jammed into a Halloween costume. Photo via: Ego TV Online.

Today’s delivery of tasty treats should not be confused with The Cosmic Ray Energetics and Mass (CREAM) experiment—or ISS CREAM—an iteration of which will also be ferried up into Low Earth Orbit today. ISS CREAM is kind of like a balloon that measures cosmic rays in space, far above the interference of Earth’s atmosphere.

Its cute name might also have something to do with today’s special delivery, of actual ice cream.“There will be chocolate, vanilla and birthday cake flavored ice cream heading to the International Space Station on today’s launch, as well as ice cream candy bars,” Kathryn Hambleton, Public Affairs Officer at NASA Headquarters, told Gizmodo. The ice cream] is frozen. Watch Ike: Countdown To D-Day Online Full Movie more. It will be going up in three freezers that will come back filled with research when Dragon returns.”Space. X’s ice cream run—whose launch window opens at 1. ET (1. 63. 1 GMT) from Kennedy Space Center in Florida—will include roughly 6,4. Dragon spacecraft. This includes 2. 0 mice, which will be used to study the impacts of long duration spaceflight on biology.

It’s the rocket company’s 1. ISS, and between ice cream, mice, and an attempted re- landing of the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage booster, it should be one hell of a launch. You can watch the live stream below.

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