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13:54, 05-Dec-2017
Astronauts enjoy a slice at first outer space pizza party
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The first-ever pizza party in outer space is getting sky-high reviews.
Astronauts at the International Space Station posted pictures and a video over the weekend of their small, homemade pizza pies.
The fixings were flown up last month on a commercial supply ship and the crew wasted no time pulling out the flatbread, tomato sauce, cheese, pepperoni, olives, olive oil, anchovy paste and pesto.
After making their own individual pizzas, the six astronauts tossed and twirled them like floating frisbees, before heating and devouring them.
Commander Randy Bresnik called the pizzas “flying saucers of the edible kind.”
Astronauts in the process of making pizza in space. /NASA gif
Astronauts in the process of making pizza in space. /NASA gif
The crew, he said in a tweet, “had a blast channeling our inner chef by building tasty pizzas for movie night.”
“The IPDS (Intergalactic Pizza Devouring Squad) says 12 thumbs up!” Bresnik added.
NASA’s space station manager, Kirk Shireman, took pity on Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli’s pizza craving and, in mid-November, shipped up all the ingredients on an Orbital ATK capsule.
Nespoli, in orbit since July, declared the pizza “unexpectedly delicious.”
Fortunately the Italian has has just over a week before returning to true Italian cuisine. He will land in Kazakhstan on December 14.
Source(s): AP