Apparent Weight in UMC

PREDICT:

What you think an astronaut's weight is when in space?

Answer explanation

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What percentage of the acceleration of gravity do astronauts feel on the space station?

Why do things in the space station seem weightless?

• There is no gravitational force in space so there is no weight.

• Everything in the space station is falling at the same rate as the space station

• Objects in the space station lose mass as they move farther away from the Earth

Answer explanation

When everything is falling at the same acceleration, nothing can "catch up" to each other!