Watch Space.com experience moon gravity at 30,000 feet in new mini-documentary out June 7. News. By Brett Tingley published 6 June 2023 "It felt like some sort of altered state of consciousness." ...

It is true that crewed missions to the moon are expensive, difficult, and dangerous. And we now have a long history going ...

Blue Origin plans to deliver moon gravity-style missions on spaceflights much closer to Earth. Starting in 2022, the company plans to meet a long-standing need to simulate lunar gravity — that ...

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 ...

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 ...

The grey, pockmarked orb doesn’t exactly scream real estate, but Nasa hopes to build homes for astronauts and civilians on ...

According to NASA, the moon's surface gravity measures approximately 1.62 meters per second squared, which is significantly lower than Earth's surface gravity of approximately 9.8 meters per ...

That means the level of gravity on the moon — about 17 percent of Earth's gravity — is just barely strong enough to provide adequate cues for astronauts to know which way is up.

Gravity is a relatively weak force, but the difference in gravity between the moon's far and near side (about 2,159 miles apart) is enough to be measured by scientists.

LOS ANGELES – The moon took quite a beating in its early days, more than previously believed, scientists reported Wednesday. This surprising new view of the moon comes from detailed gravity ...

That means the level of gravity on the moon — about 17 percent of Earth's gravity — is just barely strong enough to provide adequate cues for astronauts to know which way is up.