Do you feel weightless traveling through space in an accelerating rocket?

During both the going up and going down parts fo the motion, the acceleration is -9.8 m/s2 so you feel weightless.

Do you become weightless in space?

In space, astronauts and their spaceship still have mass and are still acted upon by Earth’s gravity. In this sense, they still have weight, even though Earth’s gravitational force is smaller in orbit than it is on Earth’s surface (Box 1). However, they do not feel their weight because nothing is pushing back on them.

What is free fall and why does it make you weightless briefly describe why astronauts are weightless in the space station?

Earth-orbiting astronauts are weightless for the same reasons that riders of a free-falling amusement park ride or a free-falling elevator are weightless. They are weightless because there is no external contact force pushing or pulling upon their body. In each case, gravity is the only force acting upon their body.

Do you feel acceleration in a vacuum?

Now, remember, we’re still on Earth. Anything that is dropped WILL fall down. So the object falls down with an accelation of g=9.8m/s^2. So yes, acceleration is possible in vacuum.

What happens if you float in space?

You’d possibly be spinning. In space, no kicking and flailing can change your fate. And your fate could be horrible. At the right angle and velocity, you might even fall back into Earth’s atmosphere and burn up.

Do you float in space?

We float in space because there is very little gravitational force acting on them. The Earth is pulling on you more when you are closer to its center of gravity. In space, you are very far from Earth’s center of gravity (other planets have gravity as well), so it doesn’t pull very hard, and we basically float around.

Are astronauts always floating?

If 90 percent of Earth’s gravity reaches the space station, then why do astronauts float there? The answer is because they are in free fall. In a vacuum, gravity causes all objects to fall at the same rate. Since they are all falling together, the crew and objects appear to float when compared with the spacecraft.

Is anything in space stationary?

No. Nothing is actually stationary and everything is in motion. You can appear stationary but that is an optical illusion.

Can you float in space forever?

Most likely though, you’d burn, disintegrate or in some way disappear. Until then, your body might decompose in space, but very slowly. It’s more likely that your Earthly form would remain untouched for possibly millions of years, floating through the loneliest of landscapes.

Can a rocket function in a total vacuum?

Below is the editorial section of the New York Times called Topics Of The Times to professor Robert Goddard’s statement that a rocket can function in a total vacuum in the New York Times from an article published Jan. 13, 1920. The first paragraph states

Why is space not considered to be a vacuum?

In space a new set of principles seem to apply allowing the envelope/dome/boundary to be semi-permeable and objects can gradually enter into and out of the vacuum. Because of this very reason space cannot be considered a vacuum as compared to it’s laboratory brethren.

Why can’t we return the force of combustion to the ship?

Since the molecules leaving the combustion chamber and entering the vacuum never slow down, never collide with any outside objects, nor with each other, their force is always moving forward, away from the ship. There is no way for that force to be returned to the ship.

What happens when you release gas into the vacuum of space?

If you release gas into the vacuum of space, the first molecule that pops out will shoot off into the distance at a constant speed, so will the one behind that, never catching up with the first one. The third, fourth, etc… all fly off into the distance trying to fill the vacuum by finding their empty corner.