According to the patent, habitable modules would rotate around a central axis to simulate gravity for crew by producing an outward-pushing centrifugal force.
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Russia plans rotating space station with artificial gravity to protect astronaut health
The Russian state rocket company, Energia, has officially secured a patent for a giant, rotating space architect.
Russia’s state-owned Energia rocket company has secured a patent for a space station designed to generate artificial gravity.
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Watch how we do real science in zero gravity
We take part in a real zero gravity science flight. This is not tourism but an actual research campaign with the European ...
A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.
Gravity is the universe’s most important fundamental force. It dominates every moment of our existence on this planet, and yet we really don’t appreciate gravity as much as we should. Gravity is the ...
As my arms lift from my sides, and the rest of my body follows suit toward the ceiling of a modified Boeing 727—next to scientists, astronauts, engineers and activists—I think, “How did I get here?” I ...
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5 common space travel myths that science has debunked
Ever wonder how much of what you know about space is actually true? Popular culture has fed us a steady diet of space ...
SPACE (KXAN) — For NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, a two-week journey into space could soon become an eight-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Williams and Wilmore ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Beyond Gravity is weighing expanding solar array drive mechanism production in Florida to support Golden Dome and other U.S. space projects, after doubling manufacturing space in Europe ...
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