How NASA Turned Virginia Into the Moon in 1963

Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator CropOn December 11, 1963, technicians at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, prepared a test subject to use the Reduced Gravity Walking Simulator. This innovative device allowed a person’s legs to experience just one-sixth of their normal weight, simulating the gravitational conditions on the Moon. The simulator was instrumental in studying how people moved—whether […]

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