Gravity Probe-B Finishes Data Collection
Scientists are one step closer to answering a 90-year-old question: Can Einstein's general theory of relativity be demonstrated? For the past 17 months, NASA's $700-million Gravity Probe-B experimental spacecraft has been collecting data in a 400-mi.-high orbit in an attempt to detect two...
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