Why Astronauts Actually Float in Space 🚀🌍

Añadido: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]In space, [music] astronauts don't float because there's no gravity. Earth's gravity still pulls them strongly home, even hundreds of kilometers above the planet. So, why do they float?

[00:00:09]>> [music] >> Because they are constantly falling around Earth.

[00:00:13]The station moves so fast sideways that [music] while it falls, Earth curves beneath it. This creates microgravity.

[00:00:20]Water droplets and tiny objects drift [music] freely through the spacecraft.

[00:00:24]It's the feeling of endless free fall through space.