This force is called centrifugal force, the same that you feel when turning in a car, train, amusement park ride or similar.Īirplanes fly closer to Earth’s surface, so gravity is a little stronger for the airplane than the International Space Station. You may have learned that the space station orbits the Earth because the force of gravity on it is balanced by the sideways force caused by the circular flight path. You would appear to float around like someone in a “ vomit-comet” airplane flight or an astronaut in the International Space Station. If gravity disappeared, you could push off of the floor and float away, never returning to the floor unless you found a ceiling to push off of again. Gravity pulls you down, and the floor pushes up on your feet. When standing still, you actually experience the force we call gravity when you feel the Earth pull us toward its center. Examples are liquid rocket propellants in spacecraft or water in life support systems in human spacecraft.
#No gravity ride how to
I am a researcher in aerospace engineering and am interested in how to control and use liquids and gases in spaceflight.
But it is possible, and people frequently choose to do this for recreation or for research in an airplane that is flying in the atmosphere, not out in space. People feeling weightlessness without being in spaceflight might seem like a contradiction. The feeling is like the brief sensation on some roller coasters or off of a diving board, but for close to half a minute and without the air rushing past you – it’s fun! Each time I still enjoy the feeling of floating free, the ability to fly across the cabin from just one gentle push on the wall, just like astronauts in the International Space Station, and the novelty of rotating your body in whatever direction you choose. I have flown many times in zero-gravity airplane flights. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to the zero-gravity airplanes or vomit comet, why does stuff behave like there is no gravity when it is just falling? – Austin B., 11, Scranton, Pennsylvania
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Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages.
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