Watch ISS Astronauts Play With Balls Of Espresso

  • 9 years ago
Two astronauts onboard the International Space Station celebrated National Coffee Day by playing with their drinks in the floating fun of microgravity.

National Coffee Day was celebrated on September 29th in the United States.

To mark the occasion, NASA posted a video showing how astronauts brew and drink coffee on the International Space Station.
In the playful and sped-up clip, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, brew a baggie full of Joe using the ISSpresso machine then create small globules of the caffeine-infused beverage.  
The astronauts let the quarter-sized balls of java hang in the microgravity for a bit—before attempting to catch them with their mouths. 

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