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Astronauts too enjoy their coffee, even in space; heres how they drink it

Ever wondered how astronauts enjoy their morning coffee while floating around in the vastness of space? Well, it's not as simple as brewing a cup in your kitchen and sipping it from your favourite mug. Astronauts have a pretty cool and unique way of enjoying their coffee while they're out there in the space. Why you can't use a regular cup in space? Imagine you're in a spaceship, and you're about to enjoy a cup of coffee. First things first, you can't use a regular cup. Why? Because in space, there's no gravity to keep your coffee in the cup. It would just float away like magic! So, astronauts use specially designed space cups to keep everything under control. What makes the space cups special? These cups have a special shape that gives the angle to make the coffee flow to the edge per capillary action. The best part? These special cups and pouches keep the coffee from floating away, so astronauts can enjoy their caffeine fix without worrying about it escaping into the spaceship. So there you have it, space coffee in a nutshell! Astronauts get to enjoy their daily dose of coffee in a pretty unique way, with special cups. It's just one of the cool things that make life in space a bit different from life on Earth. Cheers to astronauts and their cosmic coffee adventures! But that's not the only clever part of the equation. The coffee itself is also specially prepared for space. Instead of your usual brewed coffee, astronauts have coffee pouches filled with freeze-dried coffee granules. When they're ready for a cup of coffee, they inject hot water into these pouches. This rehydrates the coffee, turning it into a delicious, aromatic brew. Then, with their trusty straw, they can sip it from the specially designed cup without any worry of floating coffee droplets escaping into the spaceship. Also watch: NASA astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record for longest spaceflight

Top of the world: Athlete creates world record for 100-meter slackline walk

Shi Hailin, an athlete from China, must have felt on top of the world, quite literally as he claimed the Guinness World Record for the fastest 100 m slackline walk. But the impressive part about this walk is that he did it in just 1 minute 14.198 seconds. The Guinness World Record said Hailin did the bold stunt 1,600 m above sea level at the Guanyindang camp in Mount Wugong in Pingxiang province of China. Hailin walked for more than 222 meters on a wobbly rope that was way up high between two hills. He was also timed while he walked a distance of 100 meters on that rope. Shi Hailin broke the previous 2016 record achieved by Lucas Milliard Hailin beat a record that was set in 2016 by Lucas Milliard from France. Lucas had completed the challenge in 1 minute and 59.73 seconds, but 31-year-old Chinese was even faster! While speaking to Guinness World Records.com, Hailin said that he hopes to draw more attention to this aerial sport through his attempt. Social media users' react to Shi Hailin's world record As internet users came across the video of Hailin balancing his way out on the rope, they were impressed by it. Several social media users reacted by saying that this man can balance any country's economy and budget. Others reacted by saying that this is pure talent. It is also worth taking note that Hailin developed a passion for this sport in 2016 and has emerged as a leading athlete. Also watch: Video: 104-year-old Chicago woman skydives from plane, eyes world record

Creepy: Trump campaign sent birdcage to Nikki Haley

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said that the Trump Campaign sent her a birdcage and bird food in the aftermath of her impressive performance on the debate stage last week. Haley has been polling second after Trump in some of the key early primary and caucus states like Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. In the immediate aftermath of last week’s GOP primary debate, the Trump campaign issued a string of statements against Haley. Early Sunday, the Trump Campaign left a birdcage along with some bird food outside Haley’s hotel room in Iowa, where she was campaigning, the former South Carolina Governor and the US ambassador to the United Nations said. Haley also posted a picture of the birdcage and said, “After a day of campaign, this is the message waiting for me outside my hotel room.” “This behavior is weird, creepy, and desperate from a former president feeling the pressure,” Betsy Ankney, Haley’s campaign manager, told The New York Post in a statement. “It’s more proof that it’s time to leave the drama behind. America is better than this. Let’s go,” she said. Trump went on his Truth Social to attack Haley. “MAGA, or I, will never go for Birdbrain Nikki Haley,” Trump wrote in a post. “Birdbrain doesn’t have the TALENT or TEMPERAMENT to do the job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” wrote the former president, who is seeking to get the GOP’s presidential nomination for the third consecutive term. She was at least arguably the winner of the first two GOP debates, no easy task for a woman dealing with a pack of shouting men, it said. “That’s why the more GOP voters see of her, the more they like her. To make matters worse, Trump and his team were so proud of themselves that, like schoolkids, they came up with a harebrained plan to send a birdcage and some bird food to Haley’s hotel room door in the middle of the night,” the daily said.

US issues first-ever space debris penalty to satellite company; details here

The US government has issued its first fine to a company that violated its anti-space debris rule. The US Federal Communications Commission has asked Dish Network to pay $150,000 over its failure to de-orbit its EchoStar-7 satellite which has been in space since 2002. Dish Network in 2012 had agreed to an orbital debris mitigation plan that would send its satellite into a 'graveyard orbit' where it would not be a risk to other active satellites.Instead of properly de-orbiting the satellite, Dish sent it into a “disposal orbit” at an altitude low enough to pose orbital debris risk.

Video: 104-year-old Chicago woman skydives from plane, eyes world record

A 104-year-old Chicago woman is hoping to be certified as the oldest person to ever skydive after making a tandem jump from 13,500 feet in northern Illinois. The Chicago Tribune reports Dorothy Hoffner told a cheering crowd that “age is just a number” moments after she touched the ground Sunday at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa, Illinois. She made the jump while tethered to a certified instructor. The Guinness World Record for the oldest skydiver was set in May 2022 by 103-year-old Linnéa Ingegärd Larsson from Sweden. But WLS-TV reports that Skydive Chicago is working to have Guinness World Records certify Hoffner’s jump.