NASA Astronaut Shane Kimbrough discusses centripetal force and its connection to keeping the International Space Station safely orbiting Earth. Watch JAXA astronaut Aki Hoshide demonstrate centripetal force in the weightless-simulated environment aboard the space station and find out what happens to a revolving object when the centripetal force is lost. Be sure to check out https://www.nasa.gov/stemonstrations for more videos like this, along with their corresponding classroom connection lesson plans. Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here: www.nasa.gov/subscribe
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jsc2022m000063-STEMonstrations_Centripetal_Force_social
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February 9, 2022
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