Eating, Sleeping, Drinking and Living in Space
Richard Garriott visited the International Space Station (ISS). These short video clips from Our Space look at some common aspects of life onboard the ISS and how living in space poses its own particular challenges. The video clips illustrate: • Drinking in space • Eating in space • Gargling in space • Sleeping…
4/5- Publication year: 2000 - 2009
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Monitoring Health on the International Space Station
From Our Space, these two short video clips describe how aspects of Richard Garriottt's health were monitored during his visit to the International Space Station. The first video clip describes experiments into how back pain, motion sickness and bone structure can be affected by space travel. The second video explains how heart…
Forces and Motion in Space
Produced by Our Space during his visit to the International Space Station, these short video clips entertainingly illustrate aspects of movement in space. They allow students to see how objects move when apparently weightless. In these videos, Richard demonstrates: • Movement in space • Gyroscopes • Magnets in…
Exploring Space
These short video clips from Our Space follow Richard Garriott during his visit to the International Space Station, looking at some of the more unusual questions and areas involved in the exploration of space. The video clips look at: • Do watches work in space? • Design a mission patch • Does mould grow in…
Fluids and Motion in Space
These short video clips, from Our Space, show Richard Garriott during his mission to the International Space Station, illustrating how everyday materials and activities are very different in space. Each video illustrates one of the following different phenomena: • Fluids in space • Magic carpet - motion in space •…
Earth Observation from Space
This short video clip from Our Space shows Richard Garriott during his mission to the International Space Station, and what the Earth looks like when viewed from space. He takes a photograph of the stunning Palm Island development in Dubai, an example of the sort of information-gathering which can be done from space and used to study…
Conservation of Momentum
These short video clips, from Our Space, show Richard Garriott during his mission to the International Space Station, illustrating the conservation of momentum. Using the unique conditions found in zero gravity, Richard demonstrates conservation of linear momentum using collisions between two tennis balls. The conservation of angular…
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- Publication year: 2010 to date
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