Using the words mass and distance explain why astronauts experience less gravitational pull than on earth?

the amount of distance you go up the less mass you'll have witch mean less gravity for your body

Explanation:

when two balls of the different masses are dropped from equal height, they reach the ground at the same time .this is because they experience the same acceleration.

the acceleration is independent of mass.

thus when they are dropped they will always maintain the same velocity and travel the same distance (neglect air resistance of course) at the same time.