This is amazing. NASA commissioned a microgravity compatible espresso machine for the International Space Station (to make ISSpresso, obviously), and to stop the astronaut having to drink espresso from a closed container with a straw, a bunch of NASA volunteers designed the Space Cup, so the crema bubbles could be seen and the coffee smelled even in microgravity. And I've just been sent one in the post. That's Samantha Cristoforetti drinking from it in the ISS cupola. #ISS #Space #Coffee
@helenczerski this is why NASA deserves taxpayer funding and they should stop wasting it paying Space X to do less for more
@ancient_catbus @helenczerski They need someone to ship up coffee beans to the ISS while they work on the cool stuff.