Try Zero-Gravity (Try Zero-G)
Research Area: Educational Demonstrations
Expedition(s): 18-20, 22, 23, 28 and 29
Principal Investigator: ● Naoko Matsuo, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency,
Tsukuba, Japan
RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
Try Zero-Gravity (TryZero-G) allows the public, specifically children, to vote for and suggest
physical tasks for JAXA crew members in order to demonstrate the difference between 0g and
1 g for educational purposes. Some of the tasks include putting in eye drops, performing push-
ups on the ceiling, making soap bubbles, and creating string figures.
EARTH BENEFITS
Try Zero-Gravity (Try Zero-G) allows children to
interact with ISS crew members through various
activities for educational purposes. These
activities help to enlighten the general public
about microgravity and human spaceflight and
demonstrate that microgravity is useful not only
for scientists and engineers, but also for writers,
poets, teachers, and artists. The Try Zero-G
activities are downlinked, edited, and used to
support educational resources for educators
throughout Japan.SPACE BENEFITS
Try Zero-G introduces the next generation of explorers to the space environment.
RESULTS
The demonstrations are filmed and can be viewed at JAXA HP
(http://iss.jaxa.jp/kiboresults/utilization/try_zero-g/index.html). Educational tools containing
footage of the experiments have been distributed to teachers and are used in the classrooms
throughout Japan.
This investigation is ongoing and additional results are pending publication.
Astronaut Koichi Wakata conducting the “Water
Pistol” activity as part of the Try Zero-G experiment.
JAXA image.