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The first coffee machine in space is weightless to make a perfect cup of espresso.

Published: 2024-11-08 Author: World Gafei
Last Updated: 2024/11/08, It is a dream for many astronauts, especially for foreign astronauts, to be able to drink a cup of coffee in the weightless International Space Station. Today, this desire has become a reality, and the crystallization product ISSpresso, which is jointly produced by Italian space food leader Argotec, Italian famous coffee brand Rabasa and Italian space agency, will be brought into.

It is a dream for many astronauts, especially for foreign astronauts, to be able to drink a cup of coffee in the weightless International Space Station. Today, this desire has become a reality, and the crystallization product ISSpresso, a collaboration between Italian space food leader Argotec, Italian coffee brand Rabasa (Lavazza) and the Italian space agency, will be brought to the International Space Station, which can make the perfect espresso in weightless space.

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ISSpresso, the name for the coffee machine, weighs about 44 pounds and will enter the International Space Station in November with Samantha Christopher, Italy's first female astronaut.

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Domestic coffee machine professional manufacturer AAA coffee machine believes that compared with other products, the coffee machine has been unable to enter the space station is mainly unable to solve the problem of internal pressure control. After many times of development and verification by R & D personnel, the production material of the coffee machine was changed from the original plastic to steel in order to increase the weight of the coffee machine. Although this problem has been overcome, the way astronauts drink coffee is still quite different from that on Earth. Coffee is flowed into sealed plastic bags during extraction and sucked with straws when drinking. Therefore, there is still much room for improvement in this coffee machine.

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