NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

International Space Station Expedition 15 Flight Engineer Clayton Anderson discusses the science of sports in space. 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. Anderson introduces himself.
Duration: 13 seconds
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2-a. Anderson says he will explain how playing sports is different in space.
Duration: 15 seconds
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3-a. Anderson describes how Newton's laws would affect a field goal kicker in space.
Duration: 37 seconds
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4-a. Anderson says playing baseball is different in space.
Duration: 25 seconds
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5-a. Anderson discusses the difference in throwing a knuckle ball on Earth and in space.
Duration: 23 seconds
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6-a. Anderson describes how playing basketball is different on Earth and in space.
Duration: 28 seconds
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7-a. Anderson says dunking a basketball is easier in space.
Duration: 11 seconds
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8-a. Anderson says you can effortlessly spin a ball on your finger in space.
Duration: 10 seconds
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9-a. Anderson says the weightlessness of space is a sportsman's paradise.
Duration: 7 seconds
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10-a. Anderson describes conservation of angular momentum.
Duration: 18 seconds
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11-a. Anderson encourages students to study how Newton's laws and the conservation of angular momentum apply on Earth and in space.
Duration: 17 seconds
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