They don't. The moon has gravity but not as much as earth so they feel that they have less weight. In outer space a person would feel weightless because no gravity that they could notice is acting upon them.
The statement that astronauts on the Moon are weightless is true.
A man experiences weightlessness on the moon because the moon has less mass and gravity than Earth. The gravitational pull on the moon is approximately one-sixth that of Earth, which means that objects and people on the moon weigh less and feel lighter than they do on Earth.
We do experience the gravity of the moon, as does the entire planet. But since the planet is essentially in freefall with respect to the moon's gravity we feel effectively weightless with respect to the moon. Now, when standing on the moon, humans do feel its gravity, but its strength is only about 1/6 of that of the Earth, due to its smaller mass.
when the rockets stop firing, astronauts begin free fall (weightless).
Because of gravity
The statement that astronauts on the Moon are weightless is true.
A man experiences weightlessness on the moon because the moon has less mass and gravity than Earth. The gravitational pull on the moon is approximately one-sixth that of Earth, which means that objects and people on the moon weigh less and feel lighter than they do on Earth.
We do experience the gravity of the moon, as does the entire planet. But since the planet is essentially in freefall with respect to the moon's gravity we feel effectively weightless with respect to the moon. Now, when standing on the moon, humans do feel its gravity, but its strength is only about 1/6 of that of the Earth, due to its smaller mass.
You feel weightless in a lift because the lift and everything inside it, including you, are accelerating downward at the same rate. This acceleration cancels out the force of gravity acting on you, making you feel weightless.
when the rockets stop firing, astronauts begin free fall (weightless).
The moon is weightless, because the centrifical force of its rotation is counter acting on gravity. If both forces are exactly the same, they cancel out each other. The moon would have weight if it was close enough to fall, but otherwise no.
Man was pproud of this big achivement.
There is less gravity on the moon than earth. Earth has a lot of gravity which is why things feel heavy and fall as quick as they do. The moon has way, way less gravity therefore it feels like you are weightless and drift a little.
Because of gravity
By learning enough basic physics to know that objects on the Moon are not, in fact, weightless.
Yes. In fact they would feel weightless.
because it is in space and every thing in space is weightless.