Space Station Astronauts Grow a Water Bubble in Space

During Expedition 40 in the summer of 2014, NASA astronauts Steve Swanson and Reid Wiseman — along with European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst — explored the phenomenon of water surface tension in microgravity on the International Space Station. The crew “submerged“ a sealed GoPro camera into a floating ball of water the size of a softball and recorded the activity with a 3-D camera. (Video: NASA) Note: You will need red-blue stereoscopic 3D vision glasses to view the video. This link will take you to a 3D version of the video: To learn more about the International Space Station: For more on the 3-D camera project, visit: NASA Brings Unprecedented 3-D Views from Space to Your Computer: and the mission page: