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 ...

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.

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 ...

Intuitive Machines, a Houston-based space exploration company, has received a $117 million NASA contract to build ... and to assess the impact of lunar gravity on yeast. “The instruments on ...