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Bookmark or Share- Weightlessness - WikipediaWeightlessness is the complete or near-complete absence of the sensation of weight, i.e., zero apparent weight. It is also termed zero g-force, or zero-g (named after the g-force) [1] or, incorrectly, zero gravity. Microgravity environment is more or less synonymous in its effects, with the recognition that g-forces are never exactly zero.
- Zero Gravity Research Facility | Glenn Research Center | NASAThe Zero Gravity Research Facility is NASA’s premier facility for ground based microgravity research, and the largest facility of its kind in the world. It provides researchers with a near weightless environment for a duration of 5.18 seconds.
- How Does NASA Create Zero Gravity? - Science ABCNASA creates regions of microgravity which enables its astronauts to simulate the experience of floating in space. A day after she returned to Earth, astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn-Piper was welcomed by more than 100 people in a gleeful welcome-home ceremony held at Ellington Field.
- What Is Microgravity? (Grades 5-8) - NASAIn microgravity, astronauts can float in their spacecraft – or outside, on a spacewalk. Heavy objects move around easily. For example, astronauts can move equipment weighing hundreds of pounds with their fingertips. Microgravity is sometimes called “zero gravity,” but this is misleading.
- Ask a NASA astronomer! Why is there zero gravity in space?Why is there zero gravity in space? Astronauts aren’t floating in space, they’re free falling—and so are you. Here’s the amazing science behind so-called zero gravity.
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