Is the Moon’s slow retreat from Earth a cosmic time bomb in our planet’s relationship or an entry to the precision of modern ...

In lunar gravity, objects appear to fall in slow motion. (Image credit: European Space Agency) Before heading to the hotel that evening, I managed to catch up with the flight surgeon.

For 0.16 G [lunar gravity], we push so that the plane would pull up first and then when it reaches a certain attitude, we push on the stick so that the aircraft would do this [Delesalle's hand ...

The moon's diameter of about 2,160 miles (3,475 km) is a bit more than a quarter of Earth's diameter. The lunar mantle is the layer located beneath the crust and above the core, spanning a depth ...

At a webinar in August, Erika Wagner, director of payloads at Blue Origin, said the company was studying options for lunar gravity flights. At the time Blue Origin was planning the first such ...

The capability could be used for other partial gravity levels beyond lunar gravity, Limp said in his post. “Plus, we can adapt this New Shepard capability to closely mirror Mars and other solar ...

Experiencing low gravity for the first time isn't for the faint of heart. To share the experience, Space.com is releasing a brand new documentary "Walking on the moon at 30,000 feet! Space.com ...

While we may remember the "one small step" more than anything else, the first Lunar Rover has its own interesting story ...

Soil excavated from the moon could be used to produce oxygen and methane, which could be used by lunar settlers for breathing ...

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Blue Origin simulates lunar gravity. Jeff Bezos' rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why the two sides of the moon - the one perpetually ...