Weightlessness in space

Weightlessness in space
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This lesson contains 12 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 2 videos.

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Weightlessness in space

Slide 1 - Slide

Slide 2 - Video

Is there gravity on the ISS?
Yes
No

Slide 3 - Poll

How does the ISS stay near the Earth?

Slide 4 - Slide

Slide 5 - Slide

Slide 6 - Video

How is weightlessness created in the drop tower in Bremen?

Slide 7 - Open question

Could the same be happening on the ISS?
Yes
No

Slide 8 - Poll

Slide 9 - Slide

What will you remember from todays lesson?

Slide 10 - Open question

Slide 11 - Slide

-Even in space there is gravity
-Satellites move around the Earth in a circular path, with gravity as the centripetal force
-A weightless object is continuously falling (also the ISS!)

Slide 12 - Slide