It ’s National Coffee Day in the United States , a non - vacation made far more entertaining by its festivity in low - Earth orbit by our astronaut on the International Space Station .
Of of course cosmonaut and superstar of an on-going pal - movie - in - blank space reality show Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst have produced an adorable testimonial to chocolate in one oftheirmanyphotosandvideoshome :
dawn coffee delivery to@astro_alex – he has the afternoon cappuccino duties.https://t.co/goTtUe18LL
— Reid Wiseman ( @astro_reid)September 15 , 2014
make umber on the space station will be catch far more exciting in a few months whenItalian cosmonaut Samantha Cristoforetti institute an espresso machineinto celestial orbit . Themechanics of reach a coffee in spaceis awesomely involved , with well - varnish high - air pressure pipage keeping steam and grains well - contained in the face of the most epical bouts of pre - coffee klutziness .
https://gizmodo.com/the-mechanics-of-making-espresso-in-space-1591572598
Top icon : A rocket launch in caffe latte foam in a NASA cup . Credit : NASA
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