01:24Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated how to successfully navigate your way around the International Space Station (ISS) while weightless, and explained how to throw an object successfully in the unique conditions.
The exclusive footage taken between November 8 and 22 shows the cosmonaut moving around the ISS in different ways, doing a spectacular somersault and throwing a tube precisely towards the camera.
According to Borisov, throwing objects in zero gravity can be tricky as they fly precisely along the trajectory they were sent, with no need for the slight upward movement needed on Earth to overcome the gravitational pull.
"Throwing objects to each other in space, in weightlessness, is very unfamiliar. At first, you always want to make an upward movement, even a slight one, but the [object] flies away, of course, upwards," the cosmonaut said.
Borisov compared the movement required to making something slide along a bar counter.
"You have to make a sliding movement, just like that, and then let go of the object," the cosmonaut said.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.
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Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated how to successfully navigate your way around the International Space Station (ISS) while weightless, and explained how to throw an object successfully in the unique conditions.
The exclusive footage taken between November 8 and 22 shows the cosmonaut moving around the ISS in different ways, doing a spectacular somersault and throwing a tube precisely towards the camera.
According to Borisov, throwing objects in zero gravity can be tricky as they fly precisely along the trajectory they were sent, with no need for the slight upward movement needed on Earth to overcome the gravitational pull.
"Throwing objects to each other in space, in weightlessness, is very unfamiliar. At first, you always want to make an upward movement, even a slight one, but the [object] flies away, of course, upwards," the cosmonaut said.
Borisov compared the movement required to making something slide along a bar counter.
"You have to make a sliding movement, just like that, and then let go of the object," the cosmonaut said.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated how to successfully navigate your way around the International Space Station (ISS) while weightless, and explained how to throw an object successfully in the unique conditions.
The exclusive footage taken between November 8 and 22 shows the cosmonaut moving around the ISS in different ways, doing a spectacular somersault and throwing a tube precisely towards the camera.
According to Borisov, throwing objects in zero gravity can be tricky as they fly precisely along the trajectory they were sent, with no need for the slight upward movement needed on Earth to overcome the gravitational pull.
"Throwing objects to each other in space, in weightlessness, is very unfamiliar. At first, you always want to make an upward movement, even a slight one, but the [object] flies away, of course, upwards," the cosmonaut said.
Borisov compared the movement required to making something slide along a bar counter.
"You have to make a sliding movement, just like that, and then let go of the object," the cosmonaut said.
Borisov arrived at the ISS aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27.
The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to travel to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.