International Space Station Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Dan Tani discusses Newton's laws. You can mix these audio clips with your own narration. Listen to the audio and download the clips you want to use in your podcast or other audio production. To download clips to your computer, right-click your mouse on the "Listen" link or select the down arrow on the audio player to save the audio files you choose for your production.
1-a. Astronaut Dan Tani states the three laws of motion.
Duration: 55 seconds
> Listen > Text version 2-a. Tani says Sir Isaac Newton was a smart guy with a different idea about moving matter.
Duration: 8 seconds
> Listen > Text version 3-a. Tani says that people used to think matter does not want to move.
Duration: 28 seconds
> Listen > Text version 4-a. Tani says Newton came up with three laws of motion.
Duration: 14 seconds
> Listen > Text version 5-a. Tani states Newton's first law of motion.
Duration: 9 seconds
> Listen > Text version 6-a. Tani describes what would happen if he dropped candy in the classroom.
Duration: 19 seconds
> Listen > Text version 7-a. Tani explains that gravity is the force that makes candy drop to the floor on Earth.
Duration: 17 seconds
> Listen > Text version 8-a. Tani explains how candy floats in space without the external force of Earth's gravity.
Duration: 28 seconds
> Listen > Text version 9-a. Tani describes how the motion of a piece of chocolate-coated candy is different in space and on Earth.
Duration: 17 seconds
> Listen > Text version 10-a. Tani states Newton's second law of motion.
Duration: 13 seconds
> Listen > Text version 11-a. Tani explains how bungee cords help demonstrate that force equals mass times acceleration (F = ma).
Duration: 29 seconds
> Listen > Text version 12-a. Tani explains the term "mass."
Duration: 25 seconds
> Listen > Text version 13-a. Tani explains the term "force."
Duration: 14 seconds
> Listen > Text version 14-a. Tani states Newton's third law of motion.
Duration: 5 seconds
> Listen > Text version 15-a. Tani explains Newton's third law.
Duration: 39 seconds
> Listen > Text version 16-a. Tani explains the equal and opposite reaction that occurs when he pushes a bag of water that's one-third of his weight.
Duration: 23 seconds
> Listen > Text version 17-a. Tani discusses equations of motion.
Duration: 24 seconds
> Listen > Text version 18-a. Tani describes how rockets work.
Duration: 46 seconds
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