Weightlessness is the absence of stress or strain resulting from external forces, as usually experienced by a person or simply occurs when there is no force of support on your body. Weightlessness is a concept, in which the person who is experiencing it experiences, 1. . Zero weight 2. Free fall Weightlessness can occur due to several reasons: 1. In a satellite E.g.: Assume a satellite of mass ‘m’ orbiting around a planet of mass M at a distance R from the center of the planet. The acceleration of the spacecraft and astronaut (mass m 1 ) are both g 0 in magnitude, where g 0 is the acceleration due to gravity at a distance R. If S is the reaction of the surface of the spacecraft in contact with the astronaut, then, for circular motion, F = m 1 g 0 – S = m 1 a =m 1 g 0 Thus, S = 0 Thus, the astronaut now does not experience any reaction from the surface of contac