Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Gyroscopically stabilized CD-player(s) in microgravity



Gyroscopically stabilized CD-player(s) in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.

(April 26, 2003) -- In his final episode of Saturday Morning Science, Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit demonstrates gyroscopic spin stabilization. Pettit floats several portable compact disc players in microgravity that are spinning and not spinning.

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