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Here’s how it works. This story was updated at 11:27 a.m. EST. NASA astronaut Don Pettit loves his coffee. So it comes as no surprise that he found a way to drink coffee from a cup, instead of ...
An innovative astronaut missed the smell of his morning coffee so much while on board the International Space Station that he invented a creative solution. NASA astronaut Don Pettit created the ...
NASA astronaut Don Pettit loves his coffee. So it comes as no surprise that he found a way to drink coffee from a cup, instead of the traditional straw, on his day off Sunday aboard the ...
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti ... steaming contraption like an espresso machine. Plus, there's no gravity, which is what makes that coffee land in your cup every morning.
Astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) are enjoying espresso from a specially designed cup. Samantha Cristoforetti, a European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, has also posted her ...
For many, the day doesn't truly begin until that first sip of coffee. But what happens when you're orbiting 400 kilometres above Earth, where gravity refuses to play along? NASA astronaut Don Pettit ...
Space: the final frontier — for coffee. Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, dressed in a "Star Trek" captain's uniform, became the first person in space to sip from a freshly-made cup of ...
An astronaut has shown how you drink a cup of coffee — in space. NASA spaceman Don Pettit demonstrated the tricky task of sipping from a special mug in microgravity on the International Space ...
After too much coffee you might feel like you're floating, but for astronauts getting their coffee to stop floating can be a real headache. In a video posted to celebrate International Coffee ...
For instance making a simple cup of coffee becomes a complex process that requires specially engineered systems. Astronaut Tim Peake shows how coffee is made aboard the ISS. The process starts by ...