NASA-Certified 3D Printed Space Cup is Out in Market

IRPI – Oregon-based spacecraft fluid system firm, has created a 3D printed coffee cup. This exceptionally designed coffee mug can be used in zero-gravity atmosphere. The firm has even released the 3D printed coffee cup to the public with the help of a project known as “Spaceware.”

This cup looks like a combination of a nose and a gravy boat – a long and narrow jug used for serving gravy. It has been attentively designed to enable astronauts to sip coffee or other liquids without squeezing them out of a pouch. This project was started eight years ago, when Don Pettit, an astronaut of NASA, had enquired IRPI about a way to drink any liquid in space without having to use pouches or straws.

The firm prototyped a cup that took it into wetting, account geometry, and surface tension, enabling drinking liquid in space with the help of its senior scientist and vice president Mark Weislogel. As revealed by IRPI, the lipped edge of the coffee cup is ideal for wicking liquid from its surface to the drinker’s mouth. With the help of basic structure, Weislogel along with IRPI started to 3D print a set of cups so that it can be tested in orbit through the “Capillary Beverage Experiment.” It was done in 2015.  

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