Launchpad: Cohesion and Adhesion On-Board the International Space Station

Short film · 4 min

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Synopsis

Join the Teaching From Space Team on-orbit to learn about special properties of water. Use a simple eyedropper to examine the strong cohesive bond of water. See how adhesion helps the astronaut on the International Space Station form a glove of water around his hand.

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Running time

4 minutes

Language

English

Collection

NASA

Subjects on the Internet Archive

• NASA eClips
• NIA
• Launchpad
• secondary
• education
• science
• technology
• physics
• physical science
• space

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