The New Shepard mission is far from the first to carry scientific payloads to the edge of space, but it was the first to ...

American private space company Blue Origin managed to simulate the gravity of the Moon for about two minutes during New Shepard flight ...

but it was the first to mimic the moon's gravity. The gravitational pull of the lunar surface is about 1/6 that of Earth's, meaning a person who weighs about 100 pounds would feel closer to just ...

It may sound like no big deal but this feeble gravitational pull creates all ... for in research labs on Earth. There is, however, one way to experience lunar gravity while still in the confines ...