And what happens is the earth distorts the space around it very slightly by its gravity. The first, explains lead investigator and Stanford University professor Francis Everitt, is the 'geodetic effect.' 'In Einstein’s universe, space and time are warped by gravity. The onboard experiment tested two of Einstein’s theories.
Beset by launch delays, budget woes, faulty data and several federal investigations, Gravity Probe B was finally approved and was launched in 1984. While the experiment evolved over decades, the results confirm Einstein’s work on the physical laws of the universe.Ī Stanford University scientist first proposed an experiment to test Einstein’s theory in 1959 by rotating gyroscopes in space. Space Agency (NASA) released data this week from its Gravity Probe B spacecraft, whose primary mission while in Earth's orbit was to test Einstein’s 1916 Theory of Relativity.
