TOYS IN SPACE

In 1993, The Space Shuttle Endeavor and its astronauts brought a number of common toys into space.

They experimented with the toys below to determine if the toys would "behave" differently in the microgravity of space.  Think about each toy below:  What types of motion occur with it on earth?

    What will happen with the motion of the toy when in space?

Spring Jump   Swimming Frog    Flapping Bird    Maple Seed    Paper boomerang    Balloon helicopter

Gravitron    Ball and Jacks     Rattleback    Klackers    Racquetball 

Pool Balls    Ball and Cup    Velcro ball and target

Horseshoes    Basketball    Jacob's Ladder    Slinky    Magnetic Rings(ceramic)    Magnetic marbles

Comeback Can    Police Car(hot wheels) and track

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