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1 Why do people refer to astronauts being in 'zero gravity'?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Astronauts orbiting the Earth in a space station experience zero gravity or weightlessness because their spacecraft continuously undergoes changes in velocity in its orbit in order to prevent it from being pulled into the atmosphere.

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