Astronauts will soon get a taste of the Capital Region. The "strongest coffee in the world" will become the strongest coffee in the galaxy.

Death Wish Coffee, based in Round Lake, launched to the International Space Station Friday morning on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla. About 80 bags of a specially made instant coffee blend was packaged to meet NASA's standard.

Owner Mike Brown says he can't believe his company has reached such heights.

"I’m pretty lucky. I got a great team around me, great family, great community that I live in; a great product that’s going to space, so I mean, I’m on top of the world, really," said Brown.

The unmanned Dragon capsule is set to arrive Monday at the ISS.

"You get to look up and know that they're drinking the same stuff that they're drinking down here," said Operations Manager John Swedish. "That's a pretty cool feeling."