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Astronauts in orbit feel weightless because...

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You feel gravity when you feel things pressing together. Like your foot pressing against the floor, or your heart pressing against the inside of your chest. If everything around you is falling just like you are, then you never feel any things pressing together, and that feels like there's no weight.
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User John Landheer
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There is no gravity in orbit/space to pull them toward a certain area so they have full movement and that is why they float

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