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published by the NASA Glenn Research Center
This NASA website dispels the myth that there is no gravity in an orbiting spacecraft.  It includes the classic diagram of a cannon fired from a mountaintop that gives the projectile various velocities. The site explains how a drop tower is not an "anti-gravity device."
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Image credit: NASA; image source; larger image This resource was featured by the Physics To Go collection from July 1, 2011 until July 15, 2011. View the feature here!


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Keywords:
Microgravity, astronaut, gravity, space, weightless
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Metadata instance created June 29, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
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August 9, 2020 by Lyle Barbato
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(NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, 2007), WWW Document, (https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/shuttlestation/station/microgex.html).
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What is Microgravity? (NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, 2007), <https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/shuttlestation/station/microgex.html>.
APA Format
What is Microgravity?. (2006, March 17). Retrieved April 19, 2024, from NASA Glenn Research Center: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/shuttlestation/station/microgex.html
Chicago Format
NASA Glenn Research Center. What is Microgravity?. Cleveland: NASA Glenn Research Center, March 17, 2006. https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/shuttlestation/station/microgex.html (accessed 19 April 2024).
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What is Microgravity?. Cleveland: NASA Glenn Research Center, 2007. 17 Mar. 2006. 19 Apr. 2024 <https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/shuttlestation/station/microgex.html>.
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@misc{ Title = {What is Microgravity?}, Publisher = {NASA Glenn Research Center}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {19 April 2024}, Month = {March 17, 2006}, Year = {2007} }
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