You probably might not think twice about the antacid you drop into a glass of water here on Earth, sure it makes fizzy sounds and what not but the process is not one you’d categorize under “cool.” It’s a completely different story though if you’re on the International Space Station, as a video from up there shows dissolving an antacid on the space station is much cooler than it is back home.
The video was shot by Terry Virts, a crew member of the International Space Station, and it shows precisely what happens to an antacid when it’s put inside a weightless water bubble.
It not only gives us an idea of that rather unique fluid dynamics onboard the International Space Station but also gives us a preview of what the new high-resolution camera can do which was sent up there in a recent resupply mission.
This high-resolution camera is capable of shooting video in up to 6K and it certainly proves its worth in this test run, it’s possible to see all of the bubbles as they shoot outwards from the weightless water bubble in which they were dissolved.
NASA will be putting this camera to good use, it will be used to broadcast videos from the International Space Station, as well as a tool to document various experiments that the crew conducts on the station.