How does a zero gravity simulator used to train astronauts actually work?

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How does a zero gravity simulator used to train astronauts actually work?

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I guess you mean the aircraft? If so, basically they fly downwards at a speed that is about equivalent to what gravity would be, so you would be in freefall, and can experience brief weightlessness.

Astronauts do a little testing in this, but the bigger thing they test for is g-force because those tend to cause more trouble than weightlessness.

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