What Happens When You Wring-Out a Wet Flannel in Space?

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Not what you'd expect, perhaps. Video here, worth a look.

[michael.h.f.wilkinson]

Neat, I had guessed adhesion of the water would keep it pretty much in place, but seeing it is awesome

[LukeSkywatcher]

I suspected that the water would transfer from inside the cloth to the outside and just stay on the outside. I didnt think it would move along towards his hands. That was cool.

[Knight of Clear Skies]

I was expecting more splattering and floating globules, but then he did wring it out very slowly and carefully to avoid this.

[Ganymede12]

Amazing! Working on the ISS must be quite fun!

[reddoss]

Great experience for the school kids to have your experiment performed on the ISS for you.

[nameunknown]

..wonder if it wrecked his watch? Or do astronauts wear water-proof watches?

[Knight of Clear Skies]

Amazing! Working on the ISS must be quite fun!

Especially the water-fights - maybe they just lob globules of water at each other?

..wonder if it wrecked his watch? Or do astronauts wear water-proof watches?

Aren't all watches water-proof these days? On a related note, I discovered a Sandisc memory stick can survive a trip through the washing machine the other day.