There was a pizza party on the International Space Station and you’ll never top that
After Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli mentioned that he missed pizza when serving aboard the International Space Station – and who wouldn’t? – NASA stepped in with a treat for him and the rest of the crew. Since Papa John’s doesn’t deliver to their area, NASA arranged for ingredients to be delivered during one of their interactions with other spacecraft and the men made their own pizzas in space.
It wasn’t as simple as it would be in a terrestrial kitchen, with a system of Velcro straps being used to hold the pizza bases and other components in place during construction, before the results were wrapped in foil and heated. Happily, @astro_paolo shared a clip of the process.
When you really, really miss pizza… you CASUALLY mention it to the International @Space_Station Boss during a live public event 😉 Thank you Kirk for surprising us with unexpectedly delicious pizzas! #VITAmission pic.twitter.com/WstvG3IKr1
— Paolo Nespoli (@astro_paolo) December 2, 2017
What it lacked in atmosphere, it made up for in novelty. Although the pizza party – and film night – happened in December 2017, Tech Insider has just shared its own video with more details of how the pizzas were made.
When an Italian astronaut mentioned that he missed pizza, NASA sent some ingredients up to the International Space Station for a zero-gravity pizza party pic.twitter.com/TZu1SZmDlk
— Tech Insider (@techinsider) September 19, 2018
Some people had questions.
It appears @nasa has started a pizza delivery service…please let me know when you start delivering to Bombay! https://t.co/BulP1kLlde
— Evaluator Speculator (@MarwarWarrior) October 2, 2018
Wait… is that Nutella on his Pizza?
— 不是人 (@AN0NYMOUSG0D) September 19, 2018
I’m trying to figure out how the pepperoni stayed ON the pizza in zero gravity pic.twitter.com/NxpWuLfPE1
— Kathy (@ltlmscantbwrong) October 2, 2018
And if he had mentioned he missed sex and cocaine…..?
— Paul Manning (@mobinfiltrator) September 19, 2018
Others weren’t all that impressed by the astronauts’ culinary creations.
Adult sized lunchables, but somehow I bet it’s even worse 😂
— Crypto Rick Sanchez (@RealSickRanchez) October 2, 2018
Where’s the video of them vacuuming up the vomit after they ate that “pizza”?
— SydneyBrilloDuodenum (@sydneyduodenum) September 19, 2018
Twitter user and LEGO fan @LEGOBenny had a suggestion for future pizza binges.
You need a pizza oven like the International Spacey Station! #awesome pic.twitter.com/sLxZ804itC
— Benny the Spaceman (@LEGOBenny) December 3, 2017
