weightlessness

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Extended weightlessness generally wreaks havoc on the human body, often disrupting the space traveler’s heartbeat, balance and hormone levels.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The crew, which included Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King alongside Katy Perry, experienced a few moments of weightlessness during the 11-minute flight.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025

Once they reach space, they’ll be able to float around the rocket, experiencing weightlessness and looking out the windows at the universe and Earth below for about four minutes before coming back down.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2025

Passengers experience weightlessness and see Earth from the perspective of astronauts — a blue marble floating in the void.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2024

In 1964, we received great medical news—that the slower heartbeat, loss of calcium in bones, pooling of blood in the legs, and other effects of weightlessness seemed to be temporary.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson