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Micro-g: Microgravity on Earth Video Clips
These video clips feature footage of how NASA creates microgravity on Earth. You can download video of simulated microgravity in a tower, on an airplane and in water.
The Microgravity Experts clips feature a scientist and astronauts discussing why the study of microgravity is important.
The Microgravity in Space video clips include fun video of astronauts and objects floating inside a spacecraft.
To download clips:
- Click "Playlist" at the top of the video player to view and select from available videos.
- In the list below the video player, right click (use CTRL + click for Macs) to download the video.
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The Mini Drop Tower Download Video Download Audio (Not Available) |
(Nancy Hall) This is NASA's mini drop tower, or what we sometimes refer to as the reduced-gravity demonstrator. What it is -- it's a way of demonstrating the effects of free fall, or microgravity, on an object. What we have here is an experiment package, and what we do is we take a simple experiment -- in this case, here's a scale. And what we do is put the scale inside the package frame. And in the frame there's a camera that's recording the experiment. And all of this is hoisted up. The whole length of this is about nine feet, and what we do is we hoist it up, and then we let it fall. And while it's falling, it's encountering microgravity, or what we refer to as free fall, and the camera records what's happening. So as I mentioned before, we have a scale with a weight on it. And then we hoist this up, and then we let it go and usually we do a countdown: 3-2-1. And it falls into a cushion, and then afterwards we're able to see what happened to the object, whether it was a pool of fluid, or a scale, or a magnet, or a pendulum, and better understand how an object behaves when it's in a state of free fall, or microgravity. |
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Flame in Reduced Gravity Download Video |
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Using a Scale in Reduced Gravity Download Video |
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Experiments in Reduced Gravity Download Video |
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Bubbles in the Drop Tower Download Video |
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The 2.2-Second Drop Tower Download Video |
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Magnets in a Drop Tower Download Video |
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Newton's Cradle in a Drop Tower Download Video |
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Inside a Five-Second Drop Tower Download Video |
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The Reduced-Gravity Aircraft Download Video |
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Water Balloons in Reduced Gravity Download Video |
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More Water Balloons in Reduced Gravity Download Video |
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Microgravity Simulation in the NBL Download Video |
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Astronauts Practice in the NBL Download Video |
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| Micro-g: Microgravity Experts Videos |
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The Microgravity Experts clips feature a scientist and astronauts discussing why the study of microgravity is important. › Go to Playlist |
| Micro-g: Microgravity in Space Videos |
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The Microgravity in Space clips include fun video of astronauts and objects floating inside a spacecraft. › Go to Playlist |