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What is Microgravity?
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 a projectile various velocities and shows the various orbits that result. The site explains how a drop tower is not an "anti-gravity device."
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/what-is-microgra...
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Motion, Forces, and Energy
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Image credit: NASA; image source; larger image This resource was a Physics To Go feature from July 1, 2011 until July 15, 2011. View the feature here!


Access Rights: Free access
Restriction: © 2007
Use of images and text may require specific permission from the NASA Glenn Research Center.
Keywords: Microgravity, astronaut, gravity, space, weightless
Record Creator: Metadata instance created June 29, 2007 by Andrew Coughlin
Record Updated: Feb 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
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when Cataloged:		 March 17, 2006
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(NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, 2007), WWW Document, (https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/what-is-microgravity/).
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What is Microgravity? (NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, 2007), <https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/what-is-microgravity/>.
APA Format
What is Microgravity?. (2006, March 17). Retrieved March 15, 2025, from NASA Glenn Research Center: https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/what-is-microgravity/
Chicago Format
NASA Glenn Research Center. What is Microgravity?. Cleveland: NASA Glenn Research Center, March 17, 2006. https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/what-is-microgravity/ (accessed 15 March 2025).
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What is Microgravity?. Cleveland: NASA Glenn Research Center, 2007. 17 Mar. 2006. 15 Mar. 2025 <https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/glenn/what-is-microgravity/>.
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@misc{ Title = {What is Microgravity?}, Publisher = {NASA Glenn Research Center}, Volume = {2025}, Number = {15 March 2025}, Month = {March 17, 2006}, Year = {2007} }
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