The value of gravitational field strength near to Earth is not zero! If the ISS orbits at 400km above the Earth, g = 8.7 Nkg-1. The ISS and the astronauts inside are in constant freefall. They fall towards the Earth but the surface of the Earth is curving away from them at the same rate...
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