Astronauts drink coffee in space too!

Lots of people need coffee to stay energetic throughout the day, including astronauts who work in space. The idea of brewing and drinking hot coffee in space might sound impossible for most people, and some have even argued that it might be better to just not have coffee on a space mission. But many astronauts disagree, as they have been drinking coffee in space since 2000. However, the experience is quite uneasy, and the taste of coffee in space is also not of the highest quality.

Astronauts travel into space with instant coffee in an airtight pouch. The process of brewing coffee in space is tightly controlled since liquids and dust particles leaked from the brewing process can find their way into important machines and circuitry on space shuttles and stations, which can lead to great catastrophic damages. However, in recent years, new techniques that allow astronauts to make their own coffee however they want and whenever they want have been designed by Rice University. Following Rice University, many other Universities and Research Institutes have been working on finding new and better ways to brew coffee in space, making it easier for astronauts to make and enjoy their coffee now than ever.