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

Passengers experience weightlessness and see Earth from the perspective of astronauts — a blue marble floating in the void.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

In weightlessness, you have to be wedged in, or tied down, or your body will float aimlessly, banging into other people or equipment as it goes.

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