But I did feel committed to not only share pictures but actually also content on what I was doing, so I tried to do that as well. You see, unfortunately it’s very difficult to do detailed videos about the work we do because when you do work, you don’t really have the time to do a video. No, I don’t think it has. It was the California company's third attempt to fly a booster rocket to the platform stationed off Florida's northeastern coast. I think you should not make an effort about that, you should just be yourself. When you do an experiment, you’re on a tight schedule. This interview has been edited for clarity and brevity. It's the only supply ship capable of bringing items back. What’s the story behind the espresso machine? Plus, it would not be very professional because if then you get delayed, people would say, why were you doing a video instead of working? The Dragon will remain at the orbiting lab until around 21 May, when it will be released full of experiments and discarded equipment for return to Earth. Born in Milan, Italy, on 26 April 1977 Samantha Cristoforetti is an avid reader with a passion for science and technology, but an equal interest in humanities. Fifteen were flown up with the machine in a SpaceX cargo carrier, as well as five capsules for flushing out the system. It uses a 'capsule system' to fill plastic pouches with espresso and other hot drinks such as tea. She studied generations of fruit flies to chart gene changes in relation to disease; she looked after Caenorhabditis elegans worms used in a Japanese-led experiment; and she tended to plants to study how they grow in microgravity. We have this opportunity as ESA astronauts, most of the time, to actually get a couple of recipes developed for us in a limited quantity. You’re quite popular for your social media posts from space. Here, she works on new technologies that could one day be used for a future mission to the Moon. Please also read our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use, which became effective December 20, 2019. She then put on a Star Trek uniform top and used a special zero gravity cup to sip it. Much later and the espresso machine would have missed Cristoforetti, who returns home next month. It’s a very rich and complex experience that has many, many aspects to it. Some of them my crew mates did, some of them just run in the background and the crew doesn’t even have to interact with them. Ah the toilet! I studied abroad as well when I was in high school because I was fascinated by the US in general, and ended up in the middle of nowhere in Kansas. So the only things that you can really take the time and document and try to make a nice video about are the things that are more like life onboard. I think that’s a little exaggerated, because that’s what people really like to hear. I loved your video taking a tour of the ISS toilet. I’m also responsible for a project we’re doing here to build with a relatively low budget lunar simulator, an enclosed surface under a dome where we’re going to put a bed of regolith simulant and a habitat simulator, and also a demonstrator of carbon-free energy supply based on solar panels, electrolytes, and fuel cells. February 10, 2017 (12:00 pm) 15 notes # samantha cristoforetti # astronaut # engineering # women in stem # esa # european space agency # italy # fighter pilot # … To boldly brew ...”. And so I think it helped me to make other decisions in my life about studying abroad, traveling abroad. So I just try to be myself and show that there are things that you can do, that they are an option, and then a young girl, young women, can take from it whatever they need and it’s useful for them. Interestingly enough, Cristforetti is almost equally as well known for being the first person to brew an espresso in space. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. So I actually had a couple of recipes developed based on nutritional value, so really balanced meals where I could just open the pouch and it would have a whole meal in there. That’s why you will mostly find videos about the toilet, the gym, and washing. The landing was partially successful, with the rocket touching down on the barge - before it tipped over and exploded. To learn more or opt-out, read our Cookie Policy. Number 181 in an ongoing series celebrating remarkable women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Here a prototype of the coffee from the machine is shown, The outfit worn by Cristoforetti was the one that crew wore in the TV show Star Trek Voyager, shown, The Canadarm 2 reaches out to capture the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and prepare it to be pulled into its port on the International Space Station on Friday 17 April. In fact, for at least the first half of one of my missions I made it a point to post almost daily blogs describing the experiments that I was doing and the different activities, although I decided they do not attract half as much attention as my pictures, unfortunately. ‘Space chose me as opposed to me choosing space’. Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti wore the uniform on Friday (shown). The espresso machine is three months late because of the backlog created by last year's loss of a supply ship in a launch explosion. I was very fascinated by the idea of not much traveling, but really discovering other places, other cultures, really learning other languages. Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian astronaut with the European Space Agency. So I always knew that I wanted to take this opportunity of doing an exchange year abroad during my school time. But as far as I get to stay in my career and [get] an opportunity to do something cislunar, for example, I will consider myself already very, very fortunate. Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti fired up the first espresso machine in space over the weekend. It has now been in space for more than 5,900 days, during which time it has completed more than 92,000 orbits of Earth, and has been continuously occupied for more than 13 years. And then you have the aspect of becoming an extraterrestrial being, really learning how to live outside of the planet, mainly living in weightlessness. newsletter, performed a variety of scientific experiments, longest single spaceflight by any female astronaut. So the experiment is done on you as a human that adapts to being in space. SpaceX chief Elon Musk said the platform - dubbed 'Just Read the Instructions' - endured just minor damage. It will remain at the ISS for a month before returning to Earth, Italian coffee giant Lavazza joined forces with the Turin-based engineering company Argotec and the Italian Space Agency to provide a specially designed machine for use off the planet. And then there are the other things which require a little bit more work, although they actually attract less attention, which is reporting what you actually do. What scientific experiments did you work on on the ISS? By Jonathan O'Callaghan for MailOnline It goes back to childhood so it’s a little bit difficult to say why, because that’s an age when the decisions you make are not necessarily rational or conscious. But we were really excited. This week, a real life astronaut comes to mic as we welcome Samantha Cristoforetti to the Pod Directive studio. Samantha Cristoforetti becomes world’s first orbiting barista after firing up experimental ISSpresso coffee machine 250 miles above Earth, Last modified on Sat 18 Aug 2018 09.49 EDT. ‘Lots of science and even coffee's in there, so that's pretty exciting.’. While I didn’t specifically choose St. Paul, Minnesota — that just happened — I chose the United States because already back then I was very much fascinated by space and science fiction, and, of course, the United States was, and still is, the leader in space exploration. One of her records, however, will stay forever. The Canadarm2 robotic arm maneuvered Dragon to its installation position at the Earth-facing port of the Harmony module, Within 2.5 hours of its capture, the Dragon was bolted securely to the space station, shown. And the other one was a chicken dish with mushrooms and peas. Things you want to fly to space usually need some time for not only the engineering aspects, but all the safety review and all the boards that need to approve it. It’s just something that everybody is always curious about, so every time somebody in the world writes about a blog or an article about life in space, they will link to it. Who knows why! But the truth of the matter is that when people come back and say, “I have developed this appreciation for the fragility of our planet, or us being the caretakers of the planet and being all on the same boat,” the truth is that probably we all think that anyway. How did that happen? I think the following crew were not great coffee drinkers, so I think it’s being stored, put aside in a storage location. Nasa certified its safety. And all those things, all together, kept me on the path to space. I’m also responsible for a project that looks more into radiation and radiation protection, which is potentially one of the big problems that we will encounter as we do spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit, because we’re not as protected from radiation as we are at the altitude where the space station is right now. But they beat the odds and made it happen on time, barely in time, because I think it got up there in April and I was supposed to originally leave in May. Of course I would like to, but realistically speaking I think this is probably something for the next generation at least of European astronauts. “Today the International Space Station feels a little more like home,” Lavazza tweeted. This is the California-based SpaceX company's seventh station supply run since 2012, all from Cape Canaveral, The capture happened while the ISS was over the Pacific Ocean, just east of Japan, shown in this image, The successful launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon took place on 14 April from Florida under perfect conditions, after an attempt had to be scrubbed on Monday due to lightning, After the launch, SpaceX attempted to land part of its rocket booster on a floating platform for the third time. If you are in a position like I am where you can be an example of somebody who did a career in STEM, I am one of those people who think that you are a role model by being not by talking. It’s going to be a little bit down the line. That experience — that I’m sure you also made in your middle of nowhere in Kansas — of cultural shock, it’s something that’s very important to experience, I think. Of course you don’t have to deal directly with all of them. The next attempt will be in June on the next SpaceX supply run for Nasa. Is there anything about living in space that you miss? But then it’s also a job. She is the first Italian female crew member of the European Space Agency. I am not a nostalgic person, so I hardly ever concentrate on what I miss of something, but if I think more positively about the next time that I will go to space and what I look forward to experiencing again, then it’s weightlessness. Has your stay on the ISS changed you? Cristoforetti’s record won’t last for long, though. In 2014 and 2015, Cristoforetti spent 199 days aboard the International Space Station, where she performed a variety of scientific experiments.
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