Declassified Government Photos That Show a Different Side of History

Astronaut Flying in Low Gravity Simulator

Public Domain / NASA

NASA wasn’t sure how a zero gravity environment would affect humans, so they created a reduced gravity simulator at Langley Research Center in 1963. The experiment made an astronaut’s legs feel one-sixth of their weight, which is what they would feel when experiencing the gravity of the moon.

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