NASA engineered a cup to drink coffee in zero gravity
Space is space... but coffee is coffee.
Source: zmescience.com
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NASA: Capillary Cup | Vignelli Center
“We take gravity for granted,” Pettit said. “Generally, we are unaware of the weight of our hands, or how easily we pour coffee into a cup. We don’t stop to think, ‘Will the coffee rise up and pour out?’ or ‘Can we pour the coffee?’ We just do it. Gravity handles this for us by applying force to the coffee, pulling downward.”
Source: rit.edu
Astronaut on board the International Space Station reveals how she makes her morning coffee in zero gravity
Samantha Cristoforetti, an astronaut with the European Space Agency, has revealed how she made her morning coffee without the help of gravity during her time on the ISS.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Expresso drinks now being served on the International Space Station
Two Portland State Univ. researchers and a high school student studied how to enable expresso to be ingested in gravity-free environments using a specially designed cup.
Source: natureworldreport.com
In-fluid systems advance, astronauts soon to drink coffee from 3D-printed mugs
A newly developed coffee cup for astronauts could revolutionize fluid systems used in space.
Source: natureworldreport.com