Get your space Java on!

For years, astronauts and cosmonauts living on the ISS have had to endure the terribleness of instant coffee. If you have never had it, its pretty bland. In space, they don't have hot water either. The best that they can get is warm water. So imagine a warm coffee that is pretty much a coffee powder mix.

Well, the Italian Space Agency aims to fix this problem. They know their lattes and espresso, so they decided to take on the task of figuring out how to make an espresso machine that is easy to use, and safe, and doesn't clog that can also be cleaned very easily, but rarely.

Enter: ISSpresso

It launched just the other day with next part of Expedition 42. On-board with the machine to try it out is none other than the first female Italian astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti. It can also brew tea and other broths with hot water.

Yay for modern commodities catching up with modern spaceflight!

Here is how it works: