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Understanding microgravity

  • Gravity is a force that governs motion through the universe
  • People mistakenly think there is no gravity above the Earth's atmosphere
  • Typical orbital altitudes for spaceflight = 120-360 miles
  • Gravitational field is still quite strong
  • Earth's gravitational field at 250 miles is 88.8% of its strength at the surface
  • Orbiting spacecraft are kept in orbit around the Earth by gravity

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