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human
I understand that astronauts inside the ISS are free falling. What about the Apollo Astronauts?

And How far do you have to go to have a bigger tug from the sun than the earth? Thanks.
gpt
When flying in space with the thrusters OFF, you're in free fall.

When firing the engines, they weren't in free fall. The CSM engine produced about a 1/3 *g* acceleration. (It was an overkill engine for the job, because it was designed for a direct ascent mission.)

And obviously when landed on the Moon, they were not in free fall.