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What does the word weightless mean in the following sentence? The astronauts were weightless as they orbited Earth

What does the word weightless mean in the following sentence? The astronauts were weightless as they orbited Earth
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What does the word weightless mean in the following sentence? The astronauts were weightless as they orbited Earth

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it means that the astronauts has no weight as they are in the orbit
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they felt like they didn't weigh very much because of the gravity change
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