Explainer-How does space travel affect astronaut health?
The human body was not built for spaceflight, with its microgravity conditions, exposure to high-energy radiation and other ...
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Sunita Williams And Butch Wilmore Stuck In Space: What Challenges Will NASA Astronauts Face Upon Return?
The biggest challenge for Sunita William and Butch Wilmore's will be gravity as it would feel like a punishing force while ...
The Ground Beneath Sweden Is Rising – Scientists Uncover Gravity Shift
Scientists at Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology have refined a method to measure post-glacial rebound in ...
Sunita Williams has ‘tough’ gravity to face when back on Earth. Here's what changes
NASA astronaut Butch Wilmore, who is spending extra time in space along with Sunita Williams, said that the two astronauts ...
In Ukraine, a potential arms-for-minerals deal inspires hope, skepticism
Ukraine boasts vast reserves of ilmenite — a key element used to produce titanium — in the heavy mineral sands that stretch ...
Researchers Uncover Mysterious Structural Changes in Earth’s Inner Core
A new study reveals that the Earth's inner core is undergoing a structural transformation. A new study by USC scientists, ...
How Earth's Gravity Will 'Punish' Sunita Williams On Return From Space - 'Even Lifting A Pencil Will Be A Workout'
NASA on Friday confirmed that it has moved up the return of stranded astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams to ...
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Liberal race sucked into Trump’s ‘gravitational field,’ strategists say
OTTAWA — Liberal leadership hopefuls are pivoting and responding to the attention-consuming existential threats to Canadian trade posed by U.S. President Donald Trump — a preview of what the next ...
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin mimics the moon’s gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight
It was Blue Origin’s first attempt at mimicking lunar gravity, which is one-sixth that of Earth. This image provided by Blue Origin shows New Shepard on the pad during takeoff in West Texas ...
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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 spacecraft New Shepard to launch Tuesday from Texas: Here's how to watch live
Previously, the moon’s gravity could only be simulated for a ... Named after John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, the New Glenn rivals SpaceX's 400-foot Starship in size.