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Mandarinka [93]
3 years ago
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Why does an astronaut in a spacecraft orbiting Earthexperience a feeling of weightlessness?

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slava [35]3 years ago
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Answer:

Astronaut in spacecraft while orbiting earth experience weightlessness because there is no gravity of earth or moon is acting on the body of an astronaut.                      

while on earth, we experience weight because the gravity of earth is acting on our body which is pulling us downward.

Both spacecraft and the astronauts both are in a free-fall condition.

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