NASA's Gravity Probe B completes data collection

NASA's Gravity Probe B spacecraft has completed its data collection mission as part of an experiment to test Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity. The satellite has orbited the Earth for more than 17 months, using four ultra-precise gyroscopes to precisely measure two effects predicted by...

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