If you were in a spacecraft moving at 1000 miles/hour in outer space and you turned off the engines, what would happen to the speed and direction of your spacecraft & why?

Question

If you were in a spacecraft moving at 1000 miles/hour in outer space and you turned off the engines, what would happen to the speed and direction of your spacecraft & why?

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Answer 1

While the answer is nothing, there is a but… Gravitational pull from objects in space would create some drag on your spaceship, but unless you are flying next to a black hole, the drag would me minor and you would continue more or less in the same direction you were going.