Friday, April 10th, 2009

Space Gadgets

NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates his zero-gravity coffee cup invention. (Credits: Footage courtesy of Don Pettit/NASA astronaut) See More Videos

While astronaut Don Pettit was living aboard the International Space Station (ISS), he used some of his off-duty time to make time lapse videos of what he was seeing outside of the ISS window. (Credits: Footage courtesy of Don Pettit. Music courtesy of SYNTHAR.) See More Videos

How do you sip a cup of coffee in space? While aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Don Pettit came up with a design for a zero-g coffee cup -- as well as many other gadgets and tools for work and play in orbit. In this segment, we'll talk with Pettit about the challenges of daily life on board ISS, and some of the innovative workarounds used by the crew to get things done.

Guests

Don Pettit
NASA Astronaut
NASA ISS Science Officer aboard the International Space Station (November 23, 2002 to May 3, 2003)
Member of crew, STS-126 Endeavour (November 14-30, 2008)
Houston, TX