Relativity Mission Achieves Two Major Milestones
The NASA Gravity Probe B (GP-B) Relativity Mission has successfully mated its science payload to its spacecraft and after successful systems testing, the GP-B space vehicle was shipped to Sunnyvale,...
View ArticleWorld’s Most Precise Gyroscopes Ready to Test Einstein Theory
A NASA spacecraft designed to test two important predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity is set to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 1:09 p.m. EDT, April 17....
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Short Visit’ to United States Lasts 40 Years for Scientist Leading NASA...
In 1960, Dr. C. W. Francis Everitt ventured from his home country of Great Britain for “two or three years” to conduct physics research in the United States. More than 40 years later, he’s still here....
View ArticleNASA Gravity Probe B Mission Enters Science Phase, Ready to Test Einstein’s...
Gravity Probe B, a NASA spacecraft to test two predictions of Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity has achieved a major milestone with the completion of the first phase of its mission and the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA’S Gravity Probe B Mission Completes Data Collection
Almost 90 years after Albert Einstein first postulated his general theory of relativity, scientists have finished collecting data to put it to a new, different kind of experimental test. NASA’s Gravity...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NASA Gravity Probe B Mission, Testing Einstein’s Theory of Gravity Completes...
Is Einstein’s general theory of relativity correct? Testing two extraordinary predictions of that theory is the goal of Gravity Probe B, or GP-B, a satellite that just marked its first anniversary in...
View Article