In 1971, Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott dropped a hammer and a feather on the Moon, demonstrating Galileo’s idea that objects fall together without air resistance
Apollo fifteen commander David Scott demonstrated a physics principle on the Moon. He dropped a hammer and feather, which fell at the same rate. This showed that objects fall at the same speed without air resistance. Galileo Galilei had theorized this principle centuries earlier on Earth. The lunar experiment provided a clear, visual confirmation of…
