Santa is aware of astronauts want presents, too, and made his first recognized go to to the Worldwide Area Station to ship them this yr.
The North American Aerospace Protection Command (NORAD), which tracks Santa’s Christmas Eve journey yearly, depicted in a tweet Santa arriving on the Worldwide Area Station on Christmas Eve.
Because of the magic of Santa’s sleigh, he’s making a particular cease this yr to the Worldwide Area Station! #NORADTracksSantahttps://t.co/EWQpEnOj6a pic.twitter.com/866Mk4RR5z
— NORAD Tracks Santa (@NoradSanta) December 24, 2020
“Because of the magic of Santa’s sleigh, he’s making a particular cease on his journey this yr, to the Worldwide Area Station,” the narrator says, based on the video. “NORAD satellites have noticed Santa on a real path straight to the ISS and the astronauts who’re residing and dealing on board.”
The Federal Aviation Administration cleared Santa for the flight to house on Wednesday, offering him “for the primary time ever” with a particular business house license.
“We’re happy to assist Santa safely navigate by the Nationwide Airspace System to carry his distinctive and common model of excellent will and pleasure to kids and adults of all ages—even to these orbiting the Earth,” FAA Administrator Steve Dickson stated in a press launch. “Let’s face it, 2020 was a tough yr and all of us might use some particular vacation cheer that solely Santa can ship.”
Santa additionally pledged to put on a face masks throughout his flight this yr “to set a very good instance for everybody who’s touring by air this vacation season,” based on the FAA.
NORAD was compelled to reduce the number of volunteers staffing the official Santa monitoring challenge this yr because of the coronavirus pandemic, which primarily impacts the toll-free quantity related to the updates. Santa’s journey remains to be trackable on-line at noradsanta.org.
By Thursday afternoon, he’d already delivered greater than 2.5 million items.
