What causes astronauts to appear to float in the space station?

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Ilya Taranov · Answer 1 · 2022-05-12T14:50:16+0000

They are in free fall. In a vacuum, gravity causes all objects to fall at the same rate, and since they all are falling together. The astronauts and other objects appear to float when compared with the spacecraft.

What causes astronauts to appear to float in the space station?

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