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There is no gravity in the orbiting spac...

There is no gravity in the orbiting space station around the Earth . So the astronauts feel weightlessness .

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Correct Statement : When space station and astronauts have equal acceleration , they are under free fall condition , so both astronaut and space station are in the state of weightlessness .
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