Swapping big camera lenses is easy when youre not fighting gravity – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
Skip to main content
A
Swapping big camera lenses is easy when you’re not fighting gravity.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit, who has taken some of the best photos of the stars and Earth ever captured aboard the International Space Station, recently shared a video on X highlighting how easy it is to juggle and swap big camera lenses in zero gravity. Keeping dust out of lenses is still an issue, but accidentally dropping one is not.

NASA astronaut Don Pettit changes camera lenses in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station.
Juggling thousands of dollars worth of camera lenses seems a lot less stressful and complicated aboard the International Space Station, as NASA astronaut Don Pettit recently demonstrated.
GIF: Don Pettit / X
Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.
Comments
Loading comments
Getting the conversation ready...