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While we on earth can drink several daily cups of coffee, indulging in this fragrant drink, employees The International Space Station has been waiting for many years to get a coffee machine. The spacecraft finally appeared on board the ISS. which allows astronauts to cook and enjoy in zero gravity real Italian espresso.
The unique machine was delivered into orbit quite accidentally. Making coffee in space, as you might guess, is much more complex process than on Earth, therefore, for many advanced coffee machines have been used technology.
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who tried drink first, I was satisfied with it. According to the woman, space coffee in aroma, taste and consistency of a few different from earthly. Her colleagues from Russia, Mikhail Kornienko, Gennady Padalka and Anton Shkaplerov, as well as American colleagues Terry Verst and Scott Kelly also tasted an invigorating drink and appreciated his taste.
It is noteworthy that the machine at the International Space Station making coffee is not only a gourmet whim, but also and an important subject for observation. A coffee maker will allow astronauts gain valuable knowledge about fluid behavior under weightlessness.
By the way, on May fourteenth the most ardent lover of “space coffee “(as it turned out) Italian Cristoforetti must complete her six-month stay at the station. Female astronaut has become a real celebrity in his homeland. European journalists many times declared her the most famous and beloved in Italy the fair sex.
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