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HEADPHONE USERS, GET READY! 🎧💦 For the ultimate immersive experience, grab your headphones! When the screen splits, the top video plays on the left ear and the bottom video plays on the right ear. On World Water Day, we’re throwing it back to this out-of-this-world experiment aboard the @iss! In 2014, @astro_alex_esa, @NASAastronauts Steven Swanson & @astro_reid, and Roscosmos cosmonaut @olegmks had a splashing good time exploring the fascinating physics of water in microgravity. Here’s what they tried: - Dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a floating water bubble (cue the fizzy fun!) - Blowing air into it with a straw (bigger, wobblier, better!) - Dipping their hands inside (turns out, water in microgravity gets sticky!) But beyond the fun, there’s a serious message: water is a finite resource on Earth. We may have vast oceans, but only a small fraction of Earth’s freshwater is easily accessible for drinking, farming, and daily use. On the International Space Station, astronauts caref...

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