How to Make Planet Jupiter | International Space Station

How to Make Planet Jupiter | International Space Station

Expedition 71/72 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Don Pettit: "How to make planet Jupiter:

1) Be on the International Space Station

2) Make a thin film sphere of water

3) Add food coloring

4) Blow on the edge to create swirls

This is way cool!"

NASA astronaut Don Pettit returned to Earth on April 19, 2025, concluding a seven-month science mission aboard the International Space Station. Pettit spent 220 days in space, earning him a total of 590 days in space over the course of his four spaceflights. He orbited the Earth 3,520 times, traveling 93.3 million miles in low-Earth orbit.

Follow Expedition 74:

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/

Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

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.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center/D. Pettit

Duration: 37 seconds
Release Date: March 12, 2026

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