Galileo's Experiment on the Moon

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Because there is no air on the Moon, there is no air resistance, and so Galileo’s experiment is much easier to do there! It is like doing the experiment which you did earlier in a vacuum.

Watch the Apollo 15 astronaut David Scott perform Galileo’s experiment with a feather and a hammer on the Moon.

Feather and Hammer Experiment

Did the hammer and feather land on the Moon’s surface at the same time?

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Did this prove that Galileo was correct?

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