Weightlessness

The absence of downward pressure that is normally caused by the pull of gravity. In space, the gravitational pull of the earth is counterbalanced by the centrifugal force imparted to the spaceship by its initial rocket blast.


The condition of not being acted on by the force of gravity. It is present when astronauts travel in areas so distant from the earth, moon, or planets that the force of gravity is virtually absent.


 


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