The Science Of It: How Hard is it to Maneuver in Space?
The Science Of It: How Hard is it to Maneuver in Space?
BE AN ASTRONAUT. BY DRESSING LIKE ONE. GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS, AND WELCOME BACK TO THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. ALL THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SPACE. ALSO ASTRONAUTS. WELL, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH SOME ASTRONAUT TESTS HERE RIGHT AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. I’M JOINED BY MARY AND MARY. WHAT DO WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US? WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT ASTRONAUTS SPACE GLOVES MIGHT LOOK LIKE. THESE ARE VERY THE REAL ONES THEMSELVES DON’T HAVE. THESE AREN’T TRULY AUTHENTIC, NOT TRULY AUTHENTIC, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO IT. ASTRONAUTS DO SPEND ABOUT TEN YEARS TRAINING, AND ONE OF THOSE BIG TRAININGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IS BEING ABLE TO USE THEIR REALLY, REALLY THICK AND BIG GLOVES TO DO VERY FINE SCALES HERE ON EARTH, PICKING UP A QUARTER. NOT HARD, NOT HARD AT ALL. PICKING UP A QUARTER IN A GLOVE MIGHT BE A BIT MORE DIFFICULT. OKAY, I’M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. YOU’RE UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. WE’RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO PUT THEM IN HERE. WE’RE GOING TO GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE. WE’LL GIVE OURSELVES TWO MINUTES TO DO THIS OKAY. WE’RE GOING TO START FIRST. ALL RIGHT. SO ARE WE DOING IT TOGETHER? YEAH. WE’RE GONNA DO IT TOGETHER. ASTRONAUTS WORK TOGETHER ALL THE TIME. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START. IT’S A LITTLE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW? THIS IS ACTUALLY TOUGHER THAN IT LOOKS BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO SLIDE IT OFF THE TABLE. I KNOW, SO SPACE SUITS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE MISSION. REALISTICALLY, THEY ARE WHAT KEEP THE ASTRONAUTS SAFE. THE GLOVES THEMSELVES ARE GOING TO BE OH MY GOSH, EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO USE. YOU GOT ONE. THERE WE GO. OH OH NO. SPACESUITS HELP KEEP OUR ASTRONAUTS WARM AS WELL AS KEEPING OUR ASTRONAUTS. OH, WELL, THAT SEEMS A LITTLE. YOU GOTTA WORK WITH WHAT YOU GOT. YOU KNOW, I ALREADY LOST $0.25, SO THERE GOES 50%. OKAY. OH, MY GOODNESS, I CAN’T GET THE LAST ONE. I’M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU. YOU GOT IT. YOU’RE THE MISSION SPECIALIST FOR THIS ONE. YOU’LL GO ON ALL THE SPACEWALKS. YAY! WE DID IT! WE DID NOT DO IT. NO, NO, NO, WE DID IT! WE DID IT! WE DID IT, WE DID IT! ASTRONAUTS GET TEN YEARS OF TRAINING. WE’VE HAD ABOUT FIVE SECONDS TO DO THIS. I THINK WE DID AN AMAZING JOB. I STILL LOST A QUARTER, SO THAT’S OKAY. THAT’S OKAY, IT’S OKAY. IT’S JUST ONE QUARTER. IT’S FLOATING IN ZERO GRAVITY RIGHT NOW. IT’S FINE. IT’S NOT GOING TO HIT ANYTHING. THIS IS A VERY COOL ACTIVITY. YOU CAN DO THIS AT HOME IF YOU HAVE JUST A BUNCH OF, LIKE WINTER GLOVES, YOU CAN KIND OF LAYER THEM UP. IF YOU HAVE SOME COINS LAYING AROUND. ANYTHING THAT’S SMALL, ASTRONAUTS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO. THIS IS GOING TO GO OFF IN A SECOND. ASTRONAUTS HAVE TO BE ABLE TO TIGHTEN SCREWS. THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND WHILE THEY’RE IN SPACE. THERE’S A LOT OF STUFF THEY GOT TO DO. THEIR SPACESUITS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, REALLY. YOU NEVER LIKE WELL, I THINK I UNDERESTIMATE THE DEXTERITY OF JUST USING MY HANDS. OH, YEAH. SO THIS WAS A REALLY HARD TASK. NOW IMAGINE IT ALSO HAS AIR IN IT AND IT’S PUFFED UP. AND THEN YOU’RE AND YOU’RE FLOATING UPSIDE DOWN. YEAH. ASTRONAUTS ARE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT KIND OF PERSON. THEY CAN DO ANYTHING REALLY WELL. I’M GLAD THAT WE GOT TO STEP INTO AN ASTRONAUT SHOES OR BETTER YET, ASTRONAUTS GLOVES. TODAY HERE AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS GOING ON THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL HERE RATHER SOON. ALL RIGHT. AND IF THAT WASN’T EXCITING ENOUGH, LISTEN TO THIS. A BRAND NEW EXHIBIT HAS LANDED THERE AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER. YES. ADMISSION. ASTRONAUT VISITORS OF ALL AGES WILL EXPERIENCE WHAT IT TAKES TO LIVE, WORK AND EXPLORE BEYOND EARTH. SO TAKE A LISTEN HERE. THERE ARE SIX IMMERSIVE ZONES. YOU CAN CHECK OUT. EACH ACTIVITY CONNECTS TO CORE STEM PRINCIPLES AND PHYSICS, BIOLOGY AND ENGINEERING. WHILE CELEBRATING TEAMWORK, CREATIVITY AND HUMAN INGENUITY. THE NEW EXHIBIT ALSO OFFERS BILINGUAL INTERPRETATION, AND IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT EVERYTHING HAPPENING AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER, THEY ARE OPEN EVE
The Science Of It: How Hard is it to Maneuver in Space?
The Science Of It: How Hard is it to Maneuver in Space?
Updated: 1:01 PM EST Feb 6, 2026
The Science Of It: How Hard is it to Maneuver in Space?It’s a race against the clock. First Warning Meteorologist Marquise Meda teams up with Mary from the Orlando Science Center to step into an astronaut’s shoes… or gloves. A fun demonstration of how difficult it may be to maneuver in space, and accomplish every-day tasks.
The Science Of It: How Hard is it to Maneuver in Space?
It’s a race against the clock. First Warning Meteorologist Marquise Meda teams up with Mary from the Orlando Science Center to step into an astronaut’s shoes… or gloves. A fun demonstration of how difficult it may be to maneuver in space, and accomplish every-day tasks.