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Japanese Astronaut's Space Boomerang Came Back

Japan's Takao Doi has just checked out an aerodynamics conundrum we were all curious about: would a boomerang return when thrown in zero-G? World boomerang champion Yasuhiro Togai had asked him to find out, you see. So, taking time out from his work aboard the International Space Station, he gave it a whirl. More »

12:00 PM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Kit Eaton
19,241 views, 68 comments

Latest by keith4298: For the people that think that the upward force should make it hit the ceiling.....there is no up in zero G. The force would "push" it based on the axis it was thrown. And since it's assymetrical shape changes it's more »