Astronaut Uses Single Strand of Hair to Move in Zero-G (Video)

Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 16:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Nyberg used a single strand of her own hair to propel herself on the orbiting lab. The brief experimentwas inspired by a conversation fellow astronaut Cady Coleman had with Sandra Bullock, star of the blockbuster space thriller "Gravity."

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