Homework Help: Exploring Space

Posted by Sara on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 7:41pm.

Why do astronauts appear to float when they aboard the ISS station and experience 90% of earth's gravitational pull?

Is it because of the freefall?

Exploring Space - bobpursley, Monday, March 15, 2010 at 9:52pm
Sort of, the astronauts and the ISS station are both falling (accelerating) toward Earth equal to the gravitational acceleration at the orbit height.

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