weightless

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Ariel Ekblaw, CEO of the Aurelia Institute, spoke about how self-assembling structures could make orbiting research habitats a reality, unlocking scientific and medical breakthroughs that only the weightless environment of space can deliver.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But there are no rest days for the weightless: the astronauts have 30 minutes of exercise built in to their schedules.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

In one cold yet weightless moment, the boy-man realizes his own dad might not care whether he survives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

When they are being manufactured in a weightless environment, those atoms line up absolutely perfectly.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

We were upside down, in that our heads were pointed toward the earth and our feet toward the black sky, but since we were weightless, it didn’t really matter which way we were pointed.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins