Italian astronaut treated colleagues on ISS pizza (video)

The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time in history in zero gravity prepared pizza under the leadership of the Italian astronaut of the European Space Agency (Eka) Paolo Neropoli. It is reported by Yahoo with reference to AP.

“Nepopoli prepared pizza with artichokes, and we are more classic options: pepperoni, cheese and garlic pasta,” said the Russian cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky, who at that moment at the ISS (quote for TASS).

“When you really want pizza, it is enough to accidentally mention this in a conversation with the ISS manager during a direct line. Kirk, thanks for the unexpected delicious surprise,” another Necopoli cosmonaut wrote on his Twitter page.

According to him, the preparation of one of the most famous dishes of Italian cuisine in the orbit of the Earth was not originally part of his plans. All the necessary ingredients were on board the Cygnus transport cargo ship, which successfully fastened to board the ISS on November 14.

@Astro_paolo Mentioned How Much He Missed His Favorite Food 100 Days in Space, So a ResupPly Ship Brouught EVERYTHING NEEEDEDE THROROW AT THEA pic.twitter.com/yvfhnseghf

- AFP News Agency (@AFP) December 5, 2017

In May 2015, for the first time they were able to drink a real espresso from cups for the ISS. The Italian astronaut Samantha Christophoretti shared this joyful news from this joyful news. For these purposes, the new coffee machine ISSPRESO made in her homeland delivered to the ISS the Dragon cargo ship of the American company SpaceX.

Cosmic coffee prepared with this machine was pumped into a plastic bag, from where it could be drunk through a straw. However, scientists considered this method not very convenient and created a special cup, thanks to the special design of which the astronauts got the opportunity not only to drink real coffee, but also to receive almost the same pleasure from this process as on Earth.