✗ The myth everyone repeats
Astronauts float in space because there is no gravity in space.
✓ What is actually true
Gravity exists even 400km up. Astronauts orbit in continuous free-fall, creating the sensation of weightlessness. They're not floating due to absence of gravity, but due to mutual gravitational acceleration.
Reception
The receipts 2 sources
- Weightlessness and Free-FallPRIMARY
- Gravity in Low Earth OrbitREFERENCE