ACES on its way to space

Europe wants to send atomic clocks into space to learn more about the influence of gravity on time. The instrument "Aces" developed for this purpose is to fly into space from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in the morning on board a "Dragon" capsule of the US space company SpaceX. Tomorrow it will arrive at the International Space Station ISS.

The instrument Aces of the European Space Agency Esa is to send the accurate time signal ever out of space. During the mission, researchers are also examining fundamental assumptions of Albert Einstein about gravity.

The European Space Agency (ESA) will launch the ACES atomic clock set, which will be docked to the International Space Station, to measure the effect of gravity on the passage of time, AFP reports.

Einstein predicted that time was not the same everywhere and was slowing down near a massive object.

ACES on its way to space

Artistic printing of ACES already installed outside the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station – European Space Agency This morning a Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX put into orbit the Dragon 32 cargo capsule heading for the International Space Station (EEI). On board it, in addition to supplies for the crew and other various materials go the atomic watches ACES of the European Space Agency. ACES, of Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space, Set…