How Do We Do Research in Zero Gravity? We Asked a NASA Expert

How Do We Do Research in Zero Gravity? We Asked a NASA Expert

When it comes to experiments in space, astronauts on the International Space Station face challenges you will not find on Earth: bubbles do not rise, things float away and many Earth-based lab tools do not always work the same way. So science in space needs to be reimagined from the ground up.

A NASA scientist explains how we study life, chemistry and physics in orbit.

Learn more about science on the ISS: https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/station-science-101-research-in-microgravity-higher-faster-longer/

Follow Expedition 73:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 73 Crew

Station Commander: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Flight Engineer Takuya Onishi
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Kirill Peskov, Sergey Ryzhikov, Alexey Zubritskiy

NASA Flight Engineers: Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Jonny Kim

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Learn more about the important research being operated on Station:
https://www.nasa.gov/iss-science

For more information about STEM on Station:

https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstation
Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

Credit: NASA
Producers: Scott Bednar, Pedro Cota, Jessie Wilde
Editor: James Lucas
Duration: 2 minutes
Release Date: May 28, 2025

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