The Capillary Cup is a zero-gravity cup designed by NASA astronaut Donald Pettit on the International Space Station. The product is an open drinking cup designed to be used in a microgravity ...

The first patented invention made in space was a coffee cup.. In November 2008, Donald Pettit wanted to drink his tea and coffee from an open vessel. While aboard the I.S.S., he tore out a plastic ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit designed the Capillary Cup to drink coffee without a bag and straw aboard the International Space Station. ABC News Posted: March 28, 2025 | Last updated: March 28, 2025 ...

Pettit is known for his incredible orbital astrophotography, as well as his in-space inventions – including the Zero G Coffee ...

The Space Cup – designed by Mark Weislogel, Andrew Wollman, John Graf and Donald Pettit – was named best product at this year's Designs of the Year awards.. The vessel is based on a prototype ...

Astronaut Donald Pettit made a stop in Corvallis on Friday and wowed a standing-room only crowd at Oregon State University’s LaSells Stewart Center with his accounts of life in space.

Donald Roy Pettit is an American astronaut and chemical engineer best known for his orbital astrophotography and in-space inventions such as the Zero G Cup, which received the first ever patent ...