(NASA/Bill Ingalls)
International Space Station commander Randy Bresnik, a graduate of the UT Space Institute, had some zero gravity fun this week with the help of a fidget spinner.
The toys, which surged to popularity this summer, feature a three-pronged “wheel” spinning around a central core.
While the goal is to have them spin as long a possible, Bresnik took that to new extremes thanks to the minimal gravity aboard the space station.
In addition to having near-endless spins, he also demonstrated how the device behaves when pushed while spinning.
Bresnik and the other astronauts then had fun by spinning themselves.
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