The assortment of 20 audio clips features NASA microgravity experts:
- Nancy Hall, ISS Research Project manager and scientist.
- Mike Fincke, astronaut with more than 381 days in orbit.
- Nicole Stott, International Space Station Expeditions 20-21 flight engineer.
- Bob Thirsk, International Space Station Expeditions 20-21 flight engineer.
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1-a. Nancy Hall introduces herself.
Duration: 14 seconds
› Listen › Text version 2-a. Nancy Hall defines gravity.
Duration: 28 seconds
› Listen › Text version 3-a. Nancy Hall defines microgravity.
Duration: 16 seconds
› Listen › Text version 4-a. Nancy Hall explains why NASA is interested in studying microgravity.
Duration: 23 seconds
› Listen › Text version 5-a. Nancy Hall explains what NASA studies in microgravity.
Duration: 52 seconds
› Listen › Text version 6-a. Nancy Hall explains how anyone can experience microgravity.
Duration: 26 seconds
› Listen › Text version 7-a. Nancy Hall explains how roller coaster riders experience microgravity.
Duration: 29 seconds
› Listen › Text version 8-a. Nancy Hall explains that a scale on an orbiting space station or shuttle will read "0."
Duration: 57 seconds
› Listen › Text version 9-a. Nancy Hall explains how microgravity affects an astronaut's body in space.
Duration: 1 minute 8 seconds
› Listen › Text version 10-a. Nancy Hall lists some of the fields of study in microgravity.
Duration: 39 seconds
› Listen › Text version 11-a. Mike Fincke explains how astronauts prepare to work and live in microgravity.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds
› Listen › Text version 12-a. Mike Fincke describes how astronauts train in a huge swimming pool.
Duration: 2 minutes 1 second
› Listen › Text version 13-a. Mike Fincke describes easily moving a 1,200-pound object in microgravity.
Duration: 57 seconds
› Listen › Text version 14-a. Mike Fincke describes the difficulty of stopping a moving object in microgravity.
Duration: 24 seconds
› Listen › Text version 15-a. Mike Fincke lists fun things to do in microgravity.
Duration: 27 seconds
› Listen › Text version 16-a. Mike Fincke shares a tip for the next time you're in space.
Duration: 13 seconds
› Listen › Text version 17-a. Nicole Stott defines gravity while on the International Space Station.
Duration: 31 seconds
› Listen › Text version 18-a. Bob Thirsk defines microgravity while on the International Space Station.
Duration: 53 seconds
› Listen › Text version 19-a. Nicole Stott explains that on the station a dropped apple or onion does not fall as it would on Earth.
Duration: 18 seconds
› Listen › Text version 20-a. Bob Thirsk explains why astronauts' faces look puffy while they're in space.
Duration: 33 seconds
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