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Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim
"Based on telemetry before the loss of signal last week and ground-based radar data collected March 2, the team believes the ...
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Would a fidget spinner spin forever in space?
low-friction has actually been a useful part of a NASA mission in the past, according to Columbia University astrophysicist Summer Ash. Gravity Probe B "had four gyros that were set spinning in as ...
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NASA Taps Intuitive Machines to Deliver Six Instruments to the Moon
NASA has assembled a collection of six instruments it wants to get to the lunar surface, and it has turned to Texas-based ...
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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 ... that roughly two minutes of artificial lunar gravity were achieved by spinning the capsule 11 times a minute.
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Low on power and spinning out of control, NASA's Lunar Trailblazer moon probe's future looks grim
NASA's new water-scouting moon orbiter has been in trouble ever since its Feb. 26 launch atop a SpaceX rocket, but things are looking more dire as the spacecraft runs low on power while spinning ...