Learn how to calculate the angular velocity required to create artificial gravity in a rotating system. This video explains the physics behind centripetal acceleration, rotation radius, and angular ...

The concept of using rotational force to generate artificial gravity for space habitats has been floating around since NASA called it theoretically viable in the 1960s. Now Japanese researchers hope ...

Human spaceflight is once again confronting a familiar problem: how to protect astronauts during long missions far beyond Earth. Engineers at Russia’s Energia Space Rocket Corporation, part of the ...

GravityLab, a pioneering firm, makes progress on creating a ground-breaking spinning spaceship that might transform the future of human presence in space-a big step towards understanding and managing ...

Interest in putting humans back on the Moon has been making a comeback in recent years. From plans to take us back to the lunar surface, to plans that involve a literal space station orbiting our ...

Russia, which plans to independently launch a space station in 2027, has designed a space station that rotates like a top and ...

Above: Orbital, which designs and develops adaptable, space-based platforms for the U.S. Department of Defense and commercial customers, successfully completed a test of its proprietary cold gas ...

The major downside of the ambitious plans is that the bases are only expected to become feasible to implement in the 22nd century at the earliest. The "artificial gravity living facilities" will ...

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