I guess everyone knows that astronauts that were in space were always being task to do scentific experiments during their trip in Space. However, Japan astronaut were given a set of tasks from our daily mundane life. Examples like folding shirt, dripping eye drops onto the eyes. One of the request is to ride on a flying carpet! Watch the video of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) Astronaut, Koichi Wakata, performs those tasks. Video Link after the break.
What seems to be easy task on Earth is not so easy in Space after all. Watch how he perform a drinking from a droplet of water and also using a syringe to “fire” off droplets of water.
Click Here to Watch the Flying Carpet Video
Here is a 11 minutes video of the various task that Koichi Wakata performed.
Click Here to Watch the JAXA Space Challenges
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