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

They will work in a small cabin in weightlessness.

From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026

It also established Sánchez as the first future Bezos wife to achieve weightlessness 62 miles above the Earth, just like Reese Witherspoon's TV anchor on "The Morning Show."

From Salon • Apr. 17, 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

We also put on a couple of television shows, hoping to give people an idea of what the earth looked like, and what it was like living inside the command module in weightlessness.

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