Living in Space
Produced by FootageVault, these videos from NASA illustrate the effects of apparent weightlessness as astronauts live and work in space. Clips include astronauts in Skylab, the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.
The clips can be used to illustrate forces, movement and how objects behave in space.
It should be noted that when in the International Space Station, or similar, the station and astronauts in it are orbiting the Earth in what is effectively a perpetual 'freefall' situation. This gives an effect of weightlessness. Indeed a similar situation is found during training when personnel go into freefall in a special Jumbo jet (affectionately called the 'Vomit Comet').
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Comments
Hello. Thank you for your comment. We have changed the title of the resource to Living in Space and removed all the references to 'zero gravity'.
Best regards,
Anna
I understand the comments made above about "zero gravity " being not scientifically correct in the context astronauts in the space station. So, please, if you really are serious about helping our students to understand the Physics of what is going on why confuse them! They need to know from the word go that it is "freefall" which enables the space station to stay up there and for the astronauts to behave as they do. What you are doing is counter-productive for our students, especially when it comes to exam success!