HeraldNet

Probe begins its mission to prove Einstein theory

It took 44 years to build, and it’s designed to resolve one of the most intriguing questions in science: whether Einstein was right about the universe. Now circling Earth, Gravity Probe B is regarded ...
TechNewsWorld

NASA Tests Relativity Theory with Gravity Probe B

On April 20, a NASA rocket will lift off from Vandenburg Air Force Base carrying one of the most remarkable physics experiments ever attempted. Gravity Probe B will try to answer questions raised by ...
SpaceRef

Gravity Probe-B Status June-August 2007 Part I

Professor Francis Everitt kicked off the April APS meeting with a plenary talk entitled: Gravity Probe B Interim Report and First Results. In addition, various GP-B team members gave three invited ...
SpaceNews

NASA Gravity Probe B Mission, Testing Einstein’s Theory of Gravity Completes First Year in Space

Is Einstein’s general theory of relativity correct? Testing two extraordinary predictions of that theory is the goal of Gravity Probe B, or GP-B, a satellite that just marked its first anniversary in ...
SpaceNews

NASA’s Gravity Probe-B: World’s Most Precise Gyroscopes Ready to Test Einstein Theory

is set to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 1:09 p.m. EDT, April 17.
SpaceRef

NASA Gravity Probe B Status Report

Note: This weekend, nearly the entire GP-B team has assembled in Jacksonville, Florida to attend the April meeting of the American Physical Society (APS), in which GP-B has a significant presence on ...