Italian astronauts Paolo Nespoli and Luca Parmitano have spent time aboard the International Space Station in recent years and their compatriot Samantha Cristoforetti is due to spend time there later this year or in 2015.
Nespolo and Parmitano both say that they greatly enjoyed their time aboard the ISS, except for the lack of decent coffee.
Now, two Italian companies – Coffee giant Lavazzo and the engineering and software company Argotec – have joined together to make a machine capable of brewing real espresso in the zero gravity conditions of space.
They are calling their creation the ISSpresso, which may or may not be clever, depending on your point of view.
The coffee will still be made with recycled urine, but at least it isn’t instant.
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