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

They will work in a small cabin in weightlessness.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

Once they reach space, they’ll be able to float around the rocket, experiencing weightlessness and looking out the windows at the universe and Earth below for about four minutes before coming back down.

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

Gravity hinders the manufacture of some items, like crystals used in electronics, and much bigger and better crystals can be formed in weightlessness.

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