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 Cracking an Egg in Zero-G. (2011) This experiment seems like it turned out to be rather anti-climactic, though it's being presented to the press as a great success. Teachers from Warren Tech, a Colorado vocational high school, came up with the idea for the experiment. So NASA researchers duly took some eggs along on a "vomit comet" flight. According to the NASA press release: "When they cracked the egg in the microgravity environment, it stayed inside the shell, even when held upside down. The egg had to physically be removed from the shell so that the team could take a look at how it behaved in the air. 'It looked like a little planet,' said David Bochmann, a culinary teacher at the vocational school. 'It formed a little ball. It was amazing.'" Links: NASA, YouTube.
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