What happens when an astronaut cries in space?

[farmboy]

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Do the tears run along the cheeks just like when we are here on earth where gravity is present?

[stealthghost]

IMHO, you've already answered it..

[homeryap]

no. it will just evaporate due to the low pressure.

[cromagnon]

lol , tears will be like simply water that astronauts drinks in space
http://startswithabang.com/wp-conten...e-in-space.jpg
http://startswithabang.com/wp-conten...e-in-space.jpg

[royalista1]

His tears will float in space!

[gamemailxxx]

mao jud mura ug bubbles nga mang lupad

[rodsky]

Water has surface tension. Thus, the initial visible effects including spherical liquid formation near the tear ducts. If the astronaut attempts to wipe them away, surface tension will also take effect and like what gamemail said, they will form bubble-like formations as they float away from the face. The tears that get stuck in the skin right around the eyes will stay stuck there, like when a person cries (again due to surface tension), but it will not slowly go down the cheeks.

Read up on surface tension:

Surface tension - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

-RODION

[user199]

[QUOTE=rodsky;10998816]Water has surface tension.[/url]

I may be wrong, but there is no pressure (to push the water molecule to sphere up) in space unless you are inside the hospitable environment of a space station or space suit. I've seen videos of water globules being gobbled by astronauts inside the ISS.

Floating away implies a force that pushes the water drops away. newtons law simply implies that tears/water will stay where it formed.

[dongie]

Mas interested ko sa reason for crying ug kung naa bay sip-on nga kuyog sa luha

[farmboy]

Mas interested ko sa reason for crying ug kung naa bay sip-on nga kuyog sa luha

kita ka ato video sa astronaut nga was up in space pagkahitabo sa 9/11?

that should be a tense emotional moment if your family lives in that city being attacked and you were up there in space, helpless, except taking a video as the smokes cover the landscape.