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How does the gravity in the space shuttle compare with the gravity on earth’s surface?

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These days they are exactly identical. All the space shuttles are currently in museums located on the surface of the Earth.

Years ago when the space shuttles were in orbit, the gravity inside a shuttle was about 85% of the gravity on the Earth's surface.

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the gravity in the space shuttle is approximately equal to the gravity on the surface of the earth
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