ISSespresso machine to Space Station

(ANSA) - Milan, April 13 - Italian-made zero-gravity coffee machine ISSespresso could innovate space food as it heads for delivery to Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station in Monday's SpaceX supply ship launch.
    The unmanned Dragon cargo shuttle will deliver the coffee machine, along with two tons of food, supplies and equipment before detaching.
    Davide Alvino from Argotec, the aerospace company which developed the system with Lavazza and aerospace company Finmeccanica, said the coffee experience said that as "ISSpresso is above all a complex experiment in the physics of the fluids".
    If the ISSespresso is successful, it could improve space food nutrition.
    "With the next supplies, we could send into orbit new capsules to prepare other types of beverages, such as tea and herbal teas, and also consommè", Alvino said. Additionally, soups and broths could be on the menu.