How NASA's Lunar Trailblazer will make a looping voyage to the moon
Before arriving at the moon, the small satellite mission will use the gravity of the sun, Earth, and moon over several months ...
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Blue Origin, NASA Re-Create Moon’s Gravity
When NASA sends a rover or other piece of technology to the moon, there is no guarantee it will work under lunar gravity—an object that weighs 100 pounds on Earth weighs just 16.5 pounds on the ...
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mimics the moon’s gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight
Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity ... artificial lunar gravity by repeatedly spinning ...
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Blue Origin spacecraft successfully simulates moon’s gravity: See video of launch
The New Shepard launched around 11 a.m. EST from Launch Site ... but it was the first to mimic the moon's gravity. The ...
Jupiter's 'tormented moon' Io just unleashed the most powerful volcanic event ever seen
NASA's Juno spacecraft has discovered a giant volcanic hot spot on the surface of Jupiter's hellish moon Io. The eruptions in ...
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Spacecraft Takes Weeks to Build Up Courage to Leave Earth Orbit, Now En Route to the Moon
American space agency NASA announced that the Blue Ghost lander is now on its way to the Moon, arrival in orbit expected ...
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Blue Origin mission simulates moon gravity
Blue Origin said the spacecraft achieved moon gravity by using a new Reaction Control System, which will take charge of making the revolutions. The spin simulates one-sixth of the Earth's gravity.
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Blue Origin mimics moon gravity on 1st-of-its-kind New Shepard research rocket launch (video)
Data about the lunar environment is important to the space agency, which is working to establish a permanent human presence on and around ... in the moon's gravity compared to Earth's," Blue ...
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Blue Origin Spacecraft Spins Fast Enough to Generate Two Minutes of Moon Gravity in Space
American private space company Blue Origin managed to simulate the gravity of the Moon for about two minutes during New Shepard flight ...
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Blue Origin spacecraft successfully simulates moon’s gravity: See video of launch
The New Shepard launched around 11 a.m. EST ... 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 ...