A Blue Origin spacecraft will attempt to mimic lunar gravity in a daring maneuver during a planned Tuesday morning launch from West Texas. The New Shepard vehicle was developed by billionaire Jeff ...

The capsule and rocket booster separated nearly three minutes into the flight, and by the fourth minute the capsule had successfully created lunar gravity conditions, according to Blue Origin's ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Blue Origin launched its New Shepard suborbital vehicle Feb. 4 on the company’s first attempt to simulate lunar gravity in flight. New Shepard lifted off from Blue ...

Another one, called the Lunar-g Combustion Investigation, studied "how materials catch fire in the moon's gravity compared to Earth's," Blue Origin wrote. "The findings will help NASA and its ...

During the trip, the payloads experienced two minutes of lunar gravity, simulated by the New Shepard spacecraft spinning at a rate of 11 revolutions per minute. Blue Origin said the spacecraft ...

A Blue Origin spacecraft will attempt to mimic lunar gravity in a daring maneuver during a planned Tuesday morning launch from West Texas. The New Shepard vehicle was developed by billionaire ...

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket lifts off on its 29th mission on February 4, during which it simulated lunar gravity for about two minutes. [Courtesy: Blue Origin] When NASA sends a rover or ...

Blue Origin will launch the 29th mission of its New Shepard suborbital vehicle next week, on an uncrewed research flight that will simulate lunar gravity conditions. The mission, known as NS-29 ...

Phil Joyce, Blue Origin’s senior vice president for the New Shepard program, hailed today’s milestone in a mission recap. “New Shepard’s ability to provide a lunar gravity environment is ...