Digital Media Center
Bryant-Denny Stadium, Gate 61
920 Paul Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0370
(800) 654-4262

© 2024 Alabama Public Radio
Donate/Portal
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

NASA Sends Probe to Explore Space-Time

By David Kestenbaum
Published April 19, 2004 at 11:00 PM CDT

NASA has successfully launched a satellite designed to examine the nature of space and time. The $750 million Gravity Probe B satellite will spend the next 18 months testing the fabric of space surrounding the Earth. Scientists first proposed the mission in 1959. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

Copyright 2004 NPR
Tags
Science & Health NPR National News
David Kestenbaum
David Kestenbaum is a correspondent for NPR, covering science, energy issues and, most recently, the global economy for NPR's multimedia project Planet Money. David has been a science correspondent for NPR since 1999. He came to journalism the usual way — by getting a Ph.D. in physics first.
See stories by David Kestenbaum
News from Alabama Public Radio is a public service in association with the University of Alabama. We depend on your help to keep our programming on the air and online. Please consider supporting the news you rely on with a donation today. Every contribution, no matter the size, propels our vital coverage. Thank you.
Donate