Tag: Microgravity

7 Coolest Discoveries that were made on the ISS

7 Coolest Discoveries that were made on the ISS

The International Space Station is a laboratory perpetually suspended 250 miles above the surface of the Earth. Existing in a state of free-fall, it largely negates the effects of gravity for everyone and everything aboard. For this reason, the research performed there can’t be conducted on Earth. The ISS has been around for 20 years…

Read More Read More

How, when, and where can you find Zero Gravity?

How, when, and where can you find Zero Gravity?

Humans might be able to fly as scientists continue their work on Zero Gravity. Zero gravity is the state in which there is no apparent force of gravity acting on a body, either because the force is locally weak, or because both the body and its surroundings are freely and equally accelerating under the force.…

Read More Read More