These old catapults had a pouch on one end of a long wooden beam, with a large heavy weight at the other end. When the weight was released, gravity pulled it down, and the pouch on the other end ...

Pictured are the team at the Satellite Applications Catapult. They are standing by the organisation's gravity offload system, which can simulate microgravity here on Earth. The large steel structure ...

The Satellite Applications Catapult has upgraded its In-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (ISAM) facility to add a gravity offload system. The large steel structure – to simulate ...