• Question: can you play football in space

    Asked by oliver & shaf to Anne, Beth, COLFlight, Jon, Tom on 8 Oct 2015.
    • Photo: Columbus Flight Directors

      Columbus Flight Directors answered on 8 Oct 2015:

      Sergio:
      Hi Oliver&Shaf,
      of course you can try it, but probably it wouldn’t be the same as on Earth 😀

      They actually did try that in 2014, when there was the World Cup, it was really funny to watch. You can see that in this video:

    • Photo: Beth Healey

      Beth Healey answered on 14 Oct 2015:

      Hey Oliver & Shaf,

      You can play football here in Antarctica too but the ball doesn’t bounce very well because it’s so cold!

      Although football may be tricky sport and exercise is really important for the health of astronauts. Due to the lack of gravity it can sometimes be tricky! For example the astronaut has to be attached to the treadmill to stop them from floating off!!

      Take a look:

Comments