SP-401 Skylab, Classroom in Space

Freely floating drops of liquid were made to oscillate by stretching them and then releasing them.

Freely floating drops of liquid were made to oscillate by stretching them and then releasing them. Surface tension pulled the elongated shapes back into a sphere, but momentum of the fluid overcame it. Thus, the drops continued to move for almost 30 minutes before resuming a spherical shape.

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