Eating ketchup in weightlessness – such a rare skill was demonstrated by NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick. This is not an easy task, because gravity does not help him swallow the tomato delicacy.
Astronaut NASA Matthew Dominick recently shared a video on social media showing how to eat ketchup in zero gravity. Footage from the International Space Station (ISS) shows an astronaut shaking a ketchup bottle, opening it, squeezing it, and then squirting the tomato delicacy straight into his mouth. In a state of weightlessness, ketchup does not flow down the throat, instead collecting in one place. Finally, the astronaut sucks up the sauce in one decisive motion.
– This video is aimed at all ketchup lovers – wrote Dominick. He admitted that this is one of those tricks that people consider “brilliant or disgusting, nothing in between.”
– This is how you eat ketchup – said the astronaut in the video.
Astronaut Matthew Dominick eats ketchup in zero gravityReuters/NASA/Matthew Dominick
Earth from a different perspective
Dominick was one of four astronauts who returned to Earth from the ISS on Friday aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule. During his mission, he repeatedly shared photos and videos on social media showing our planet and astronomical phenomena from an unusual perspective.
Although the landing went without major problems, one of the crew members, whose name was not released by NASA for privacy reasons, was taken to hospital with unspecified health problems.
Main photo source: Reuters/NASA/Matthew Dominick