Why Do Astronauts in Space Feel No Gravity

question 59

Multiple Choice

Why do astronauts in space feel no gravity?

• A) There is no gravity out in space.
• B) Gravity only happens when objects are accelerating.
• C) In space, the gravity from the Moon and the Sun cancels out the Earth's gravity.
• D) They and their spaceship are both freely falling at the same rate in the gravitational field.
• E) The astronauts do not have any mass when they are out in space.

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