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First Ascent’s coffee will be available on International Space Station after astronaut’s request

(Photo provided by First Ascent Coffee) A shipment of the First Ascent Coffee company's instant coffee is headed to the International Space Station. A NASA astronaut requested the Crested Butte company's product and the coffee was part of the payload on a spacecraft that launched Wednesday.
(Photo provided by First Ascent Coffee) A shipment of the First Ascent Coffee company’s instant coffee is headed to the International Space Station. A NASA astronaut requested the Crested Butte company’s product and the coffee was part of the payload on a spacecraft that launched Wednesday.
DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 12: Judith Kohler - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
By | jkohler@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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At 8,900 feet, the First Ascent Coffee company in Crested Butte is already close to the heavens. Now its handcrafted instant coffee is in space where it will help keep astronauts on the latest NASA mission caffeinated.
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