Watch the Very Scientific Fidget Spinner Experiment NASA Performed in Space
) all come to mind when thinking of the unlikely things NASA has blasted into Earth's orbit over the decades. Apparently even the amusingly useless trend toy can serve a scientific purpose in the right situation. And that situation was aboard the International Space Station, where American astronaut Randolph Bresnick recorded a video of the spinner as it spun... and spun and spun and spun. "A fidget spinner in space! How long does it spin? I'm not sure, but it’s a great way to experiment with Newton’s laws of motion!" the astronaut wrote in ...
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