weightlessness

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Extended weightlessness generally wreaks havoc on the human body, often disrupting the space traveler’s heartbeat, balance and hormone levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

There is plenty of evidence that that foods can be successfully grown from cells on Earth, but can the process be repeated in the weightlessness and higher radiation of space?

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2025

The Elle article describes the role of Monday’s Blue Origin crew—on a rocket that flies itself—as “experiencing weightlessness and looking out the windows.”

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2025

The thick packet contained an exchange of more than 20 letters, but for me it had a wonderful weightlessness.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

In the weightlessness of space, they would float around freely, and it was quite possible that an astronaut might inhale them.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins