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    Default Science/Space geeks: ISS microgravity

    We've all seen the demos of "weightlessness" inside the ISS with astronauts playing with water bubbles, etc. However, something stuck me as odd watching the astronauts inside SpaceX's Dragon capsule after docking. The "Gravity indicator" (a blue plush toy) that was in the capsule gets knocked around a couple of times and fairly quickly settles down instead of bouncing/floating around the interior of the capsule as I would expect. I know the ISS' orbit is based upon the CG of the ISS, so there should be some tiny ballistic trajectory issues above and below the CG of the station, but nothing that would amount to what we're seeing in the video - I would think.

    Anyone have an explanation?

    The following YouTube video starts at 5:05 - watch until 6:00 to see the toy tapped once, then settle down only to be launched by a second bump, yet it settles down quickly again. This isn't like anything like we've seen in the "weightless" demos that have come from the ISS in the past and franky I have no explanation.

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct80WPZl1h0&t=305s
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