The apollo 15 hammer and feather drop on the moon 1971 the. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats. During apollo 15, astronaut david scott dropped a feather in his left hand and a hammer in his right to show that objects, regardless of mass, fall at th. Scott makes a reference to the predictions of galileo, who correctly predicted that all falling objects would. The remains of the apollo 17 site in the moons tauruslittrow valleyan image, released in 2011, sharp enough to show the tracks of the astronauts and their lunar rover in unprecedented detail. At the end of the last apollo 15 moon walk, commander david scott pictured above performed a live demonstration for the television cameras. He held out a geologic hammer and a feather and dropped. Up next analyzing the apollo 15 feather and hammer drop a basic, introductory freefall problem duration. Dave scott performs galileos famous experiment on the moon, using a hammer and a feather. Because they were essentially in a vacuum, there was no air resistance and the feather fell at the same rate as the hammer. David scott does the feather hammer experiment on the moon. In this video segment from nasa, astronaut david scott demonstrates the notion.
Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. This is apollo 15 hammer and feather youtube by darren coates on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Analyzing the apollo 15 feather and hammer drop a basic, introductory freefall problem duration. This classic apollo 15 clip, from footagevault, demonstrates that the mass of an object does not affect the time it takes to fall when dropped in a vacuum. Apollo programastronautsexperimentsfallingfeathers. This video clip was taken from the nasa movie apollo 15. Demonstration of hammer and feather dropped in vacuum. What happens when you drop a feather and a hammer on the moon. Because they were essentially in a vacuum, there was no air resistance. Dropping a hammer and feather on the moon video post. Apollo 15 was the ninth crewed mission in the united states apollo program, and the fourth to. Galileos leaning tower of pisa experiment wikipedia.
Famous footage of the apollo 15 astronaut that dropped a hammer and feather on the moon to prove galileos theory that in the absence of atmosphere, objects will fall at the same rate regardless of mass. Articles with short description articles containing video clips. January 2014 all wikipedia articles written in american english articles containing video clips. Joe allen tells the story of how the hammer and the feather experiment on the moon came to be. In 1971, apollo 15 was the fourth manned mission to land on the moon as part of the apollo space program. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5.
One of the objectives of the apollo 15 mission was to test this theory. For example, why do hammers and feathers usually fall at such dramatically. At the end of the last apollo 15 eva, on august 2, 1971, commander david scott. Your browser does not currently recognize any of the video formats available. He dropped the hammer and feather at the same time. Back in 1971, on his last day on the moon, apollo 15 commander david scott tested this theory. At the end of the last apollo 15 moon walk, commander david scott pictured left performed a live demonstration for the television cameras. He held out a geologic hammer and a feather and dropped them at the same time. Between 1589 and 1592, the italian scientist galileo galilei is said to have dropped two.
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