Astronaut Don Pettit's "Water Science" Experiments | International Space Station

Astronaut Don Pettit's "Water Science" Experiments | International Space Station

Space science is fun! NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Don Pettit can be seen with spheres of water containing food coloring and creating a "planet Jupiter-like" effect in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. Don also plays with antacid pills and water!

Expedition 72 Updates:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 72 Crew

Station Commander: Suni Williams

Roscosmos (Russia): Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, Aleksandr Gorbunov

NASA: Butch Wilmore, Don Pettit, Nick Hague

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Release Date: Oct. 26, 2024

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