Gravity B Probe - MISSION UPDATE April 26, 2011

Check the web links for information on Gravity B Probe.- LRK -----------------------------------------------------------------http://einstein.stanford.edu/Final GP-B Experimental Results to be announced in a press and media event at NASA Headquarters. NASA Headquarters Auditorium300 E. Street SWWashington, DC 20546-0001Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011Time: 1:00-2:00 pm EDTFor more details, see our Mission Status Update...Snip----------------------------------------------------------------The geodetic and frame-draggingmeasurements and the Schiff Equationfor calculating these relativity effects. -------------------------------------------------------http://einstein.stanford.edu/highlights/status1.htmlPress and Media Event at NASA HeadquartersAfter 34 years of research and development, 10 years of flight preparation, a 1.5 year flight mission and 5 years of data analysis, our GP-B team has arrrived at the final experimental results for this landmark test of Einstein’s 1916 general theory of relativitysnipNASA TV and Webcast CoverageThis GP-B press and media event will be carried live on NASA TV, and on the NASA TV website at:http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.htmlFinal Results to be Posted on this Web PageFollowing the NASA press and media event next Wednesday, we will post a summary of the final results on this web page, including a link to a results summary paper recently accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters.As they say on the radio, stay tuned.... snip-------------------------------------------------------Some background information from Wikipedia.- LRK --------------------------------------------------------http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_Probe_B[Some info outdated but the media event ...