At a Glance The crew of the International Space Station received its first shipment from Virginia in more than two years.

Orbital ATK's cargo ship pulled up at the space station with goodies for the astronauts on Sunday.

Christmas came a little early for the astronauts living on the International Space Station.

On Sunday, the crew of the space station received its first shipment from Virginia in more than two years, the Associated Press reports.

Launched on Monday, the Orbital ATK's cargo ship pulled up at the space station with goodies for the astronauts on Sunday. The ship is named the S.S. Alan Poindexter in honor other of the late NASA astronaut Alan Poindexter , who died in 2012, according to Space.com.

The capsule — called Cygnus after the swan constellation — contained more than 5,000 pounds of supplies. The crew grabbed the capsule and its bounty using a big robot arm.

People all along the East Coast were treated to a spectacular sight last Monday's as the Orbital lifted off from Wallops Island. It was the first launch of an Antares rocket since a 2014 launch explosion grounded the program.

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After the explosion, Orbital ATK went back to the drawing board and redesigned its Antares rocket and rebuilt the launch pad.

During the grounding, the Virginia company kept the NASA supply chain open with deliveries from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

NASA pays Orbital ATK and SpaceX to stock the station.

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