What Happens To Water In Space

International space station commander chris hadfield soaks a washcloth gives it a twist and well you ll see.

What happens to water in space. Water is a sphere in space but if you go far enough out in space for instance onto the international space station gravity becomes negligible and the laws of physics act differently than here on earth. Taking water from a temperature pressure combination where it s stably a liquid. The water finishes boiling and becomes a gas the gas freezes or desublimates and ice crystals a k a.

Life in space. So when you expose water into space or vacuum both boiling and freezing occurs. Thought the space ride wasn t that dramatic i hope you learned something today.

Nasa astronaut don pettit pops several of them to show the the behavior of the balloon and the water in a zero g environment aboard the international space s. What left in the beaker will be solid ice. The water s surface area increases dramatically where it finishes boiling almost immediately thanks to the molecules high speeds and becomes a gas.

When we talk about putting liquid water in the vacuum of space we re talking about doing both things simultaneously. The gas then freezes or desublimates almost. Just how might water act in a place of zero gravity.

When we talk about putting liquid water in the vacuum of space we re talking about doing both things simultaneously.