Cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov told how astronauts cry

A member of the Russian ISS crew figuratively answered a question from a social network subscriber

Cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov told what would happen if you cry in space. His story appeared on the social network of the Roscosmos state corporation.

Konstantin Borisov talks in video from the ISS about how its inhabitants cry Photo: Still from the video

Let us remind you that Konstantin Borisov is the 131st cosmonaut of our country.

On August 26, 2023, he launched from the ISS as part of the crew of the SpaceX mission on the American private reusable spacecraft Crew Dragon of Elon Musk’s company. Thus, Konstantin became the third Russian cosmonaut to fly on Musk’s spacecraft as part of the cross-flight program between Roscosmos and NASA. Together with Borisov, Oleg Kononenko and Nikolay Chub are currently on space watch on the Russian segment of the station.

Konstantin Borisov, for whom this flight is the first in his career, actively maintains his blog, shares photographs of the Earth from space with readers, and also answers questions. One of the questions was asked about tears: “What happens if you cry in space?”

The astronaut immediately answered:

— Tears will not flow like they do on Earth under the influence of gravity on the face — they will accumulate in the eye area. It will be a little unusual, you will want to brush them off all the time, wash them or blot them with something. Otherwise, there will be quite a lot of liquid, and nothing will be visible, as if you opened your eyes under water. Accordingly, a crying person in space will often rub his eyes in order to see something.”

Roscosmos executive director Sergei Krikalev told an MK correspondent about a similar effect of water clinging to the body in zero gravity. According to him, astronauts, including himself, experienced this themselves when they took water procedures in the shower.