The Variable Gravity Machine (VGM) is a SABL insert that supports a wide variety of research in the life, physical, and material sciences aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The VGM allows ...

Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, with upgrades supported by NASA, can now simulate lunar gravity for two minutes during suborbital flights, significantly extending previous testing capabilities. This ...

Experiments on moss grown aboard two Space Shuttle missions showed the plants didn’t behave as scientists expected them to in the near-absence of gravity. The common roof moss (Ceratodon purpureus) ...

Scientists are developing an advanced quantum sensor for low Earth orbit that can detect the tiniest tremors in Earth's gravity. These barely perceptible shifts — caused by moving water, tectonic ...

NASA has assembled a collection of six instruments it wants to get to the lunar surface, and it has turned to Texas-based Intuitive Machines to do it. The latest award in NASA's Commercial Lunar ...

Here's the semi-forgotten story of how, in 1986, NASA picked an Appleton high school student's experiment to fly on the space ...