NASA to Kids: Name Our Twin Moon Gravity Probes Two NASA spacecraft bound for the moon are in need of some new names, and the space agency is recruiting students for the job. Oct. 4, 2011, 12:20 ...

Last week, Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard rocket—equipped with 30 payloads from NASA and other partners—simulated the moon’s gravity for two minutes during a suborbital flight.

Preparing for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, publishers ramped up book creation to help kids better understand space and the race to the moon. From books about the astronauts to the Apollo ...

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 ...

Blue Origin's famed New Shepard spacecraft successfully simulated the moon's low gravity on board its capsule during a brief flight Tuesday morning over West Texas.. Video of the uncrewed launch ...

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 ...

Jeff Bezos’ rocket company gave NASA a brief taste of the moon’s gravity Tuesday, without straying too far from home. Blue Origin launched the 29 lunar technology experiments to the edge of ...

Since the moon's surface gravity is one-sixth of Earth's, this is why astronauts' movements appear bouncier.Weight is impacted by gravity.When the gravitational pull is smaller, someone weighs ...

This latest mini-moon, 2024 PT5, was discovered in August by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), a network of telescopes designed to detect objects close to Earth.

NASA is inviting students to help name its new moon mission, currently titled GRAIL (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory). Kids can submit names for the two lunar gravity-mapping probes.

Jeff Bezos' rocket company has given NASA a brief taste of the moon's gravity without straying too far from home. By Associated Press | Feb. 4, 2025. By Associated Press | Feb. 4, 2025, at 11:16 a.m.