Why are astronauts weightless in space?

Why are astronauts weightless in space?Astronauts are weightless in space because then they are continually falling between worlds, or they are falling around the earth and never reaching its center: hence they are like riders in a rapidly descending lift where everything is falling at the same speed and there is no relative motion between the lift and its occupants.

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