How an object in space rotates depends on the location of its center of gravity.
NASA astronaut Jeffrey Williams demonstrates rotations in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.
Click on each icon to observe what happens for objects with centered, noncentered, or changing centers of gravity.
Background Information:
What Is Microgravity?
What Is the Center of Gravity?
What Causes Rotation?
Why Do Objects in Space Rotate?
Do Spacecraft Rotate?
