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Blue Origin mimics moon gravity on 1st-of-its-kind New Shepard research rocket launch (video)
Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin simulated lunar gravity conditions today (Feb. 4) during the 29th launch of its ...
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Blue Origin spacecraft successfully simulates moon’s gravity: See video of launch
The New Shepard mission is far from the first to carry scientific payloads to the edge of space, but it was the first to ...
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Blue Origin spacecraft successfully simulates moon’s gravity: See video of launch
but it was the first to mimic the moon's gravity. The gravitational pull of the lunar surface is about 1/6 that of Earth's, meaning a person who weighs about 100 pounds would feel closer to just ...
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Blue Origin mimics moon gravity on 1st-of-its-kind New Shepard research rocket launch (video)
The flight went well, with both booster and capsule ... studied "how materials catch fire in the moon's gravity compared to Earth's," Blue Origin wrote. "The findings will help NASA and its ...