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Astronauts Aren’t Floating - They’re Falling

Joe Scott 1:05

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The reason astronauts float in space isn’t because there’s no gravity there, it’s because they’re falling, just like a person in a falling elevator. But they never hit the ground because they’re traveling horizontally, extremely fast.

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