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How do astronauts adapt their grip and move objects when transitioning between Earth and space?
- April 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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On Earth, people grip objects to ensure they don't fall. In space, this process changes: When astronauts hold an object without moving it and then let go, the object doesn't fall because there is no gravity. But when astronauts move the object any which way, inertia takes the object up, down, left, or right if the hand grip is not steady.
Originally published at Phys.org