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You may have seen photos or videos of astronauts who appear to be floating through the air while in space. They aren't flying, nor are they really floating, they are falling.
Any orbiting spacecraft (such as the space shuttle or international space station) is actually falling around the Earth in a circular pattern. They have achieved enough speed (over 17,000 mph) to continue moving around the Earth without the Earth's gravity pulling the spacecraft down.
Astronauts aboard those spacecraft are moving inside the spacecraft and falling along with them at the same speed giving the appearance that they flying or floating inside.
What else can I help you with?
What do astronomers fly to space in?
a space shuttle.
Which shuttle will fly the last mission?
Space Shuttle Discovery.
What space shuttle did not fly in space?
Space Shuttle Enterprise did not fly in space, it was only a mock-up used for aerodynamics and gliding tests.
Does the space shuttle fly in space?
yes it does stupid
Why did the first space shuttle go into space?
It was designed to fly in space, and its first mission was another test of the space shuttle.
What was the name of first space shuttle to fly in space?
The first space shuttle to fly in space was named Columbia. It completed its maiden flight on April 12, 1981.
What was the first shuttle to fly in space?
sputnik
What space shuttle did Neil Armstrong fly on?
Neil Armstrong has never flown on a space shuttle mission.
Who was the first male pilot to fly the space shuttle?
The first male pilot to fly the space shuttle was Robert Crippen. He piloted the space shuttle Columbia on its maiden flight, STS-1, in 1981.
When is the next space shuttle scheduledto be launched?
The Space Shuttle Program was retired in 2011. They will never fly again.
What was the name of the first space shuttle to fly in space?
The first Space Shuttle, named Columbia, took off into space on April 12, 1981.
Who was the first female pilot to fly the space shuttle?
Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when she launched aboard the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983. She was not the pilot on this mission, but she went on to become the first woman to fly the space shuttle in 1984.
