“Unveiling the Cosmic Drop: What NASA’s GoPro Captured Beyond Earth’s Atmosphere Will Leave You Speechless!”

Have you ever looked at a GoPro and thought, “What would happen if I dropped this bad boy into the depths of space?” Well, brace yourself for some cosmic curiosity, because that’s exactly what a handful of adventurous astronauts decided to do! But before your imagination runs wild with visions of them just tossing it out of the spacecraft, hold on—this wasn’t just a casual toss. These astronauts got a bit creative and crafted a floating water bubble in the weightlessness of the International Space Station, then expertly plopped their GoPro inside. Sounds like a science experiment gone rogue, right? As it turns out, they were actually investigating the quirks of water surface tension in microgravity. Join us as we dive into this intriguing escapade of science, silliness, and a hint of space magic! For the full scoop on this eccentric experiment, LEARN MORE.

We’ve all seen what would happen if you dropped a GoPro into the depths of the ocean, but have you ever wondered about dropping a GoPro in space?

Well, a group of astronauts did exactly just that.

Now, before you get too ahead of yourselves, we’re not talking about chucking a camera out the hatch of a spaceship here — although one man did send one into the stratosphere attached to a balloon.

No, for this particular experiment, we’re talking about a group of astronauts who created a floating water bubble and then chucked their GoPro in.

It’s not the most exciting experiment, but it does look pretty cool (YouTube/NASA)

Why I hear you ask? Well, for science, and because why not.

This particular experiment, if you can call it that, took place in 2014 on what must of been a slow day onboard the International Space Station (ISS), with crew members from NASA and the European Space Agency deciding to explore ‘the phenomenon of water surface tension in microgravity’.

Which is just a fancy way of telling your boss you spent the afternoon d**king around with a camera.

In the clip, we see NASA’s Reid Wiseman and Steve Swanson ‘create’ a ball of water, thanks to the weightlessness of the ISS, before pushing the camera in after some trial and error.

The crew then show shots from both inside and outside of the camera bubble as it floats weightlessly around the room without a care in the world. Mission accomplished!

After filming the camera for a few moments, the astronauts then set about removing the camera from the water, something which is much easier said than done.

Without gravity, water in outer space just floats around in a jelly-like sphere until it hits something. Which would be pretty annoying if it collided with your electrics. Although thankfully, this time, Russian engineer Oleg Artemyev was on hand with a towel to clean up any potential mess.

We can only imagine this is the sort of thing stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are filling their hours with until they’re returned to Earth. The joys of zero gravity.

Simultaneously underwater and in space (YouTube/NASA)

Unfortunately, hanging out in space isn’t all fun and games, with the impact of spending an extended period of time in without being anchored down by gravity being something that is pretty taxing on the body.

After completing a mission in the cosmos, NASA revealed that astronauts can lose around ‘1% to 1.5% of mineral density per month during spaceflight’, mineral density from weight bearing bones as well as up to 30% of their muscle mass.