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This depends upon what you mean by space. If you mean hard vacuum, the answer depends on the location of the nearest mass.
Gravity is a property of matter. All mass exerts a gravitational field. So the further you are away from any mass, the smaller the gravitational field will be. The sun's gravitational influence extends out well beyond the orbit of Pluto, but we would consider anything a few hundred miles beyond the surface of a minor planet like earth a "microgravity" environment.
What I meant above is that you might be in hard vacuum (space) only a few miles above the surface of a cold neutron star, but you might experience gravitational tidal forces strong enough to rip your body to shreds.
Astronauts on the space station may appear to experience zero gravity and they even call it "zero gravity" but in actuality they have about the same amount of gravity pulling on them as on earth. But they are continually "falling" just as if you jump off a diving board. Put a mouse in a box and jump off a diving board and for one second the mouse will experience "zero gravity" when in fact it is experiencing gravity but doesn't know it. Another way to look at it, the space station and everything in it have the same gravity pulling them towards the center of the earth so there is no relative difference. Gravity in this case is like a string whipping the station around the earth - always pulling towards the center but the station is going fast enough that it always misses the earth.
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How do you get taller in space?
There is gravity on earth so body gets compressed a little; so in space no gravity means people are taller
Why you flot in space?
Gravity, when we are on or near the Earth's surface, keeps our feet firmly on the ground. Out into space, there is so little gravity than we can float.
Why is there so little gravity in space?
Because space doesn't have an atmosphere. I disagree, it is due to the fact that most of Space is a vacuum and gravity only works between masses ad a vacuum is not a mass so depending on how far you are from mass, there is either very little gravity or none.
How is being in water like being in space?
Being in water means that there is very little gravity, just like space. For example, if you stood in a pool and lifted your legs up, you could stay there for much longer than if you did out of water. In space there is no gravity and so by being in water, which has very little gravity, it has the same affect as being in space.
What if there was gravity in space?
There is gravity in space. Gravity is everywhere. You can never escape gravity.
Can space shuttles have gravity in them when in space?
Everything has a little of its own gravity, but you would have to be very massive to make just a little. Space shuttles have gravity, but it is almost too small to measure or have any effect on anything large. Some large asteroids have enough mass to make a small orbit. If you through a tennis ball on one of them, it might loop back and hit you on your head.
If there is no Gravity in space what holds up the Planets?
There is gravity in space. Gravity is what makes orbits possible.
Why do have gravity on earth and not in space?
There is gravity in space. It intensifies as you approach a mass.
How much gravity in space altogether?
In outer space, there is virtually no gravity.
Is gravity in space?
gravity is everywhere
How do astronauts overcome gravity in space?
In space, there is no gravity to overcome. The chllenge to astronauts is how to deal with the lack of gravity.
How is underwater training similar to the experience that astronsouts will have in space?
water is similar to outer space because it has little gravity so astronomers use it to practice in it to get ready for outer space.
