Something about serving in orbit must agree with her.
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sips espresso from a cup designed for use in zero-gravity, on the International Space Station. Photograph: AP
Posted on 05/04/2015 1:05:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti fired up the first espresso machine in space over the weekend. She posted a selfie on Twitter from the International Space Station on Sunday, sipping from a cup designed for use in zero-gravity.
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Cristoforetti, who returns to Earth next week after a six-month mission, almost did not get any space coffee. The experimental espresso maker, nicknamed ISSpresso after the space station’s initials, was scheduled to arrive in January but did not get to orbit until April because of a shipment backlog.
Lavazza, the Italian coffee manufacturer, and the engineering firm Argotec, which teamed up on the space espresso project with the Italian Space Agency, were thrilled to see their 250-mile-high results. “Today the International Space Station feels a little more like home,” Lavazza tweeted.
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Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti sips espresso from a cup designed for use in zero-gravity, on the International Space Station. Photograph: AP
Is it just me or does she really like that spot? I’ve seen a few different pics of her in that tiny space.
I seem to recall hearing in another context that it has a lockable door and is the most private area on the ISS.
Or something like that.
Only one person can fit in there with the hatch closed I have read.
that’s my paisana :)
last time I had very strong espresso at my friend’s pizzeria almost had a heart attack
When they let you huff on Lucky Strikes, eat bacon, and drink whiskey in space let me know.
This really is a great picture.
Italians had to send a woman to space, otherwise the laundry & cooking wouldn’t have gotten done. Mama mia!
Yes. Yes it is.
Twixt studies on mice.
Or something like that.
High Febreeze use in that space, I bet.
It also looks like she’s wearing a Command uniform from the Star Trek Next Generation era (which also covers DS9 and Voyager)
The Italian woman IS wearing that, lol.
She has a lot of new fans, no doubt
They promised us hover cars... and they gave us espresso in space.
“They give you this, but you pay for that.” — Neil Young
You can smoke, you just have to stand outside the spaceship door?
You can smoke, you just have to stand outside the spaceship door?
It does look like it would be very cramped in there http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/ISS-30_Andr%C3%A9_Kuipers_in_the_Cupola.jpg, but then there is this http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/07/18/article-0-0D0DB6DE00000578-740_634x422.jpg
and this http://i.space.com/images/i/000/009/586/i02/most-women-in-space-1.jpg?1305236084!
If the hatch is open 2 people can stand halfway in
And the ISS people dress up in Star Trek uniforms, apparently. New one on me.
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