Actually, the ISS isn’t in “freefall” either. Further, there definitely is a normal force (inertia) opposing gravity too, otherwise without that (and the occasi

Actually, the ISS isn’t in “freefall” either. Further, there definitely is a normal force (inertia) opposing gravity too, otherwise without that (and the occasional thruster burns needed due to drag from the atmosphere), it wouldn’t “continually fall and then miss the ground” as it’s normally described in layman terms. There’s plenty of sources to back up what I said previously and here, but this provides a great description of why it’s wrong to say the ISS is in freefall: https://www.quora.com/Is-ISS-considered-to-be-in-gravitational-freefall https://www.quora.com/Is-ISS-considered-to-be-in-gravitation...