Dr. Don Pettit performs a number of microgravity experiments while onboard the International Space Station.
This is a compilation of the experiments performed for the Saturday Morning Science program.
Saturday Morning Science:
Opening a can of honey in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
(March 15, 2003) --- Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit demonstrates how the International Space Station crew prepares and eats snacks. In this first of four video clips, Pettit opens a can of honey.
Saturday Morning Science:
Surface tension of water in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
(Jan. 25, 2003) -- (Part 1 of 2) In this experiment Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit demonstrates the surface tension of water.
Saturday Morning Science:
Surface tension of water in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
(Jan. 25, 2003) -- (Part 2 of 2) In this experiment Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit demonstrates the surface tension of water.
Saturday Morning Science:
Drinking tea with chopsticks in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
(March 15, 2003) --- Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit demonstrates how the International Space Station crew prepares and eats snacks. In this second of four video clips, Pettit drinks from a bag of tea using chopsticks.
Saturday Morning Science:
Surface tension of water in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
(Feb. 19, 2003) --- Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit conducts an experiment using a film of water in a wire loop. He drops a solution into the film, demonstrating two-dimensional motion within the film.
A proposed mission to Saturn's moon Titan using NASA's NEXT ion engine. The NEXT ion thruster is capable of delivering 236 milliNewtons of force over the course of the multi-year mission to deliver a satellite and a lander to Titan.
For the Titan mission, both an orbiter and a lander could be sent to the distant moon, which lies more than 1 billion kilometres from the Sun.
Soldering iron and water in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
(April 12, 2003) -- Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit performs a water surface tension experiment with a soldering iron, producing convection patterns. This is another installment of Pettit's ongoing series of Saturday Morning Science.
Jack Schmitt gets called 'Twinkletoes' by Houston Mission Control. Jack has some trouble as he tries to pick up a lunar rock sample bag and stand up at the same time. The Apollo EVA suits had a weight of 60lbs on the Moon and were a little top heavy.
Final landing approach to the Valley of Taurus Littrow on Apollo 17. Piloted by Gene Cernan, Jack Schmitt helps call out altitudes and approach speeds.
I've been told that it is somewhat like landing a helicopter.
Saturday Morning Science:
Water sphere in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
(March 22, 2003) --- Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit performs a series of microgravity experiments with water spheres and effervescent antacid tablets. In the first of four videos, Pettit turns a thin film into a 50-millimeter sphere.
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