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Have you ever tried walking while carrying a full cup of water? Your steps invar…

Have you ever tried walking while carrying a full cup of water? Your steps invariably cause the water to slosh about, making spills hard to avoid. Now imagine a satellite turning – the fuel inside will slosh, affecting the satellite’s stability. ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet will operate this French space agency fluids experiment during his Proxima mission on the International Space Station to study how fluids behave in weightlessness. http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/10/Sloshing_fluids