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Is the weight of the space shuttle the same on earth as it is in space?
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∙ 14y ago
Its mass is the same(ignoring spent fuel) but the weight is a result of the gravitational pull, which is different in space.
Actually the space shuttle never gets far enough from the earth for it's weight to change. The reason it seems weightless is because it is in free-fall.
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Is a space station the same as a space shuttle?
No. A space station stays in space, a shuttle goes back and forth between the station and the Earth.
What is the affect that occurs as a space shuttle orbits the Earth the shuttle and the astronauts accelerate towards the Earth with the same acceleration?
Weightlessness
As the space shuttle orbits the Earth the shuttle and the astronauts accelerate towards the Earth with the same acceleration What effect does this create?
Weightlessness
What As the space shuttle orbits the earth the shuttle and the astronauts accelerate towards the earth with the same acceleration what effect does this create?
Weightlessness
Triple earth's mass effect its orbit?
The earth's mass has no effect on its orbit. An astronaut on a "space walk" hovering over the space shuttle's cargo bay is in the same earth-orbit as the shuttle itself is, although his mass is much less than the shuttle's mass. At the same time, the shuttle and the astronaut are both in the same solar orbit as the earth is, although each of them has quite a bit less mass than the earth has.
Explain why a space shuttle will stay in in orbit around the earth and will not fall to the earth?
The space shuttle is traveling at a speed such that its fall to earth matches the curvature of the earth. As a result, it is "falling" to the earth at the same rate that the earth's surface is rotating away, so it stays in orbit.
What is the same between space rockets and space shuttle?
a space shuttle is smaller than an space rocket.
Why does a space shuttle stay in orbit at the same height from the earth?
In order not to miss the window of return flight.
Does earth and moon have the same weight?
There is no such thing as weight in space seeing as there is no gravity.
Do large masses always have large weight?
No. Think of the space shuttle. On the ground it is very heavy, and has substantial mass. In orbit it has no weight, but the mass stays the same.
Does an objects weight change in relationship to its distance from the earths surface?
Yes, the weight of an object decreases as it gets farther from the earth (but it's mass remains the same). The weight of a space shuttle in its usual orbit is about 85% of what it is on the ground (it only seems weightless because it's in orbit).
Would your weight be the same in space as it on earth?
your mass will be the same, but you weight will differ. because as the calculation shows, weight= mass X gravity, and the gravity of the earth is 9.8 m/s2 and the gravity of the moon is 1.622 m/s2. so you weight will not be the same in the moon as of the earth.
