How to make pizza in space, without gravity, of course
Astronauts on the International Space Station proved that making pizza while in space is a delicious thing.
Ask any kid, and you'll find space travel on their to-do list. There are, however, very few people who finally qualify to travel beyond Earth, and they have to give up a lot in order to do so. Fresh-cooked food is one of those things, even though everything from gardens in spaceships to baking bread in space have become a reality in recent years.
Among the things astronauts are missing out on while in space is pizza. They don't get to order their own, customized, hand-tossed pizzas that get delivered in 30 minutes or less. And while they do miss this Italian dish, one astronaut has just made it possible to make some delicious pizzas in space.
Before you ask, yes, there is an Italian behind the making of this pizza in space. Paolo Nespoli, an Italian astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), was missing pizzas from back home, and made a point of sharing this with his boss during a live public broadcast.
The result was that his boss sent along all the ingredients you need to make pizzas: a bread base, a good base sauce, toppings like pepperoni and olives, and molten cheese. Nespoli and his teammates then made a feast out of these ingredients by making pizzas, and even shot a video of the whole event.
The video shows the astronauts standing in the ISS galley, tossing the pizzas, which must have been really easy, thanks to the zero-gravity ambience. They then added sauce, their choice of toppings and cheese. They then covered the pizzas in a foil, and put them in the standard, ISS-issued food warmers.
While astronauts can't bake in space yet, the foil made sure that a somewhat similar cooking environment was created in the food warmers. After the pizzas were done, the astronauts cut it with scissors, instead of using knives.
Needless to say, the pizzas didn't look as great as Earth pizzas do. But they looked delicious, and for people who don't get to eat any during their stay in space, we're sure it must have tasted just brilliant.
Ask any kid, and you'll find space travel on their to-do list. There are, however, very few people who finally qualify to travel beyond Earth, and they have to give up a lot in order to do so. Fresh-cooked food is one of those things, even though everything from gardens in spaceships to baking bread in space have become a reality in recent years.
Among the things astronauts are missing out on while in space is pizza. They don't get to order their own, customized, hand-tossed pizzas that get delivered in 30 minutes or less. And while they do miss this Italian dish, one astronaut has just made it possible to make some delicious pizzas in space.
Before you ask, yes, there is an Italian behind the making of this pizza in space. Paolo Nespoli, an Italian astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS), was missing pizzas from back home, and made a point of sharing this with his boss during a live public broadcast. The result was that his boss sent along all the ingredients you need to make pizzas: a bread base, a good base sauce, toppings like pepperoni and olives, and molten cheese. Nespoli and his teammates then made a feast out of these ingredients by making pizzas, and even shot a video of the whole event.
The video shows the astronauts standing in the ISS galley, tossing the pizzas, which must have been really easy, thanks to the zero-gravity ambience. They then added sauce, their choice of toppings and cheese. They then covered the pizzas in a foil, and put them in the standard, ISS-issued food warmers.
While astronauts can't bake in space yet, the foil made sure that a somewhat similar cooking environment was created in the food warmers. After the pizzas were done, the astronauts cut it with scissors, instead of using knives.
Needless to say, the pizzas didn't look as great as Earth pizzas do. But they looked delicious, and for people who don't get to eat any during their stay in space, we're sure it must have tasted just brilliant.
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