Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company Blue Origin simulated lunar gravity conditions today (Feb. 4) during the 29th launch of its ...

The New Shepard mission is far from the first to carry scientific payloads to the edge of space, but it was the first to ...

A Blue Origin spacecraft will attempt to mimic lunar gravity in a daring maneuver during a planned Tuesday morning launch ...

Launch of Blue Origin's New Shepard suborbital rocket system on Feb. 4, 2025. During the flight test, the capsule at the top ...

Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The European Space Agency is monitoring an asteroid with a slim chance to strike Earth in 2032. Asteroid ...

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 ...

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 ...

New Shepard is a launch vehicle designed to be fully reusable, with a capsule that returns to Earth via three parachutes ... to attempt to simulate the moon's gravity. To pull off the feat ...