The cup is made out of 3D-printed food-grade plastic and has been flight-tested by NASA. The use of complex fluid dynamic geometry enhances the hydration experience that is closer to what we’re ...

The International Space Station (ISS), which flies approximately 400 km above the ground, has a microgravity environment, and the behavior of various objects differs from that on the ground ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit created the Capillary Cup, a zero-gravity cup that floats in the air and allows him to drink without using a bag and straw, according to the Rochester Institute of ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit designed the Capillary Cup to drink coffee without a bag and straw aboard the ... Astronaut drinks coffee in zero gravity using innovative cup. Posted: March 28, 2025 ...

The Zero-G cup, or capillary cup, was actually designed by Pettit for use on the Space Station. 3 NASA spaceman Don Pettit demonstrated the tricky task of sipping from a special mug in ...

An astronaut has shown how you drink a cup of coffee - in space. NASA spaceman Don Pettit demonstrated the tricky task of sipping from a special mug in microgravity on the International Space ...

Pettit is the designer of the ISS's capillary cup, which allows astronauts to drink coffee (and enjoy its pleasant fragrance) on the ISS without the hot beverage escaping.

The scientist invented the first object patented in space — called the Capillary Beverage, Space Cup or Zero-G cup, which makes it easier to drink beverages in the absence of gravity, and he is ...

“The zero-g cup allows one to smell your coffee, something you can't do when sipping through a straw from a bag; the smell is probably 70% of the coffee pleasure,” he wrote in another post. The zero-g ...