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Apr. 10, 2009
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| How do you sip a cup of coffee in space? While aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit came up with a design for a zero-g coffee cup -- as well as many other gadgets and tools for work and play in orbit. In this segment, we'll talk with Pettit about the challenges of daily life on board ISS, and some of the innovative workarounds used by the crew to get things done. |
Produced by Flora Lichtman, Correspondent and Managing Editor, Video
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Don Pettit
NASA Astronaut
NASA ISS Science Officer aboard the International Space Station (November 23, 2002 to May 3, 2003)
Member of crew, STS-126 Endeavour (November 14-30, 2008)
Houston, TX
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