Caption from ReelNASA: As the International Space Station is boosted into a higher orbit, Expedition 29 Commander Mike Fossum and Flight Engineers Satoshi Furukawa and Sergei Volkov float freely to demonstrate the acceleration of the orbiting complex.
ISS Reboost
One of the crucial tasks of all ATVs is Station reboosting. This interesting and partly-scientific video shows what it’s like to be inside the ISS when it’s being accelerated.
The Station accelerates forward while the astronauts, who are in free-flight orbit around Earth (albeit in side the station) drift backwards, relative to the Station. Thus providing further proof that Newton was indeed correct!
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