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yan [13]
3 years ago
8

Wha happens to the weight of astronauts when they are in orbit

Physics
2 answers:
Lynna [10]3 years ago
5 0

That depends on the size of the orbit.  

In "low Earth orbit", like the Mercury, Gemini, early Apollo flights, and aboard the ISS, the astronauts' weight is about 85% of their weight when they're standing on the Earth's surface.  

BUT ... since everything in orbit is in "free fall", they don't <em>feel </em>the weight of their own body or anything else.  The feeling is like being completely without any weight.    

Bingel [31]3 years ago
4 0

Microgravity. It is sometimes called zero- gravity, but this is wrong. What happens is they go into free fall. On earth, gravity causes all things to fall, it can essentially be called a 'vacuum' if you will. So, I'm not to sure about it, but that's kind of what happens.

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