André Kuipers introduces SpaceShip Earth experiments Convection and Foam stability
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Channel: European Space Agency, ESA · 2012 · Science & Technology
As part of the PromISSe mission, André Kuipers undertook an extensive education programme called Spaceship Earth. This involved performing two experiments which demonstrate the effect of gravity of everyday phenomena such as convection and formation and collapse of foam. In this short clip, André briefly introduces the experiments and describes the effect of gravity on the two experiments and then ends by prompting children to ask what they think will happen in the absence of gravity. Children can participate in the experiment by ordering the educational ground kit from www.esa.int/promisse website.
