Tuck and roll! Watch ISS astronauts have fun during orbit-raising thruster fire (video)

[Admin]

The International Space Station busted a move above Earth Jan. 27, allowing space station astronauts to use physics for a floating ride in orbit.

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[rogersen]

Except... the astronauts were not "falling backward." The station was accelerating forward past them. Frame of reference is important.