Astronaut Terry Virts Shakes It in Space

Terry Virts shares the secret to the perfect space milkshake.

ByABC News
May 12, 2015, 3:39 PM
Astronaut Terry Virts posted this photo to Twitter on May 12, 2015 with the caption, "My first #SpaceMilkShake was pretty good, but I’ll have to run a few thousand miles over the Earth on our treadmill…"
Astronaut Terry Virts posted this photo to Twitter on May 12, 2015 with the caption, "My first #SpaceMilkShake was pretty good, but I’ll have to run a few thousand miles over the Earth on our treadmill…"
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— -- What's it like to shake it in space?

Astronaut Terry Virts enjoyed his first-ever space milkshake today.

Virts took some special space ice cream and placed it in a bag with some powdered milk.

He then enlisted astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti for some help spinning the ingredients.

Once he was satisfied he had a creamy creation, Virts took his first taste. The verdict: "Pretty good," he wrote on Twitter.

Virts was one of three astronauts set to return home from space this week. His trip to Earth has been pushed back until June as the Russian team evaluates a problem with a failed cargo launch last month.