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butalik [34]
2 years ago
11

When in orbit, astronauts experience weightlessness. What is this caused by?

Physics
1 answer:
Ulleksa [173]2 years ago
7 0

Answer:

Earth-orbiting astronauts are weightless for the same reasons that riders of a free-falling amusement park ride or a free-falling elevator are weightless. They are weightless because there is no external contact force pushing or pulling upon their body. In each case, gravity is the only force acting upon their body.

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