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Video- Astronauts Don Pettit and Ken Bowersox Paint Water Onboard the International Space Station (ISS) (2003)

2003 · Short film · 2 min

Synopsis

Saturday Morning Science, the science of opportunity series of applied experiments and demonstrations, performed aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by Expedition 6 astronaut Dr. Don Pettit, revealed some remarkable findings. Science begets art in this video as Dr. Pettit and commander Ken Bowersox demonstrate two dimensional diffusion using food coloring in a film of water when they created an intriguing birdlike image. Dr. Pettit wonders aloud?It makes us wonder what Matisse could do with a medium like this.?

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Running time
2 minutes
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NASA

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