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Why do objects like the International Space Station remain in orbit around the Earth
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Why do objects like the International Space Station remain in orbit around the Earth
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Its basically zero gravity in space so objects don't really fall back down like they do here on earth. It orbits the earth because of earths gravity pulling the object around earth over and over (aka orbit). Hopefully this helps.
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