Tuesday, 22 May, 2001, 18:26 GMT 19:26 UK. Pizza sets new delivery record. Yuri Usachov had to make do with salami as pepperoni did not have the necessary shelf life. The US restaurant chain Pizza Hut has announced that it has become the first company in the world to deliver a pizza to outer space. Last month Yuri Usachov, one of the Russian cosmonauts living on the International Space Station (ISS) ate a pizza that the company had sent to him.