Forget Rockets! Meet the Slingshot Launching Satellites to Space | SpinLaunch #cosmos

Universe unveiled on Instagram: "Spacecraft can travel vast distances using surprisingly little fuel through a technique called gravity assist. By flying close to a planet, a probe dips into its gravitational field and follows a precise curved path. During this flyby, it steals a tiny amount of the planet’s orbital energy, leaving the encounter moving much faster while the planet loses an immeasurable amount. This method enabled legendary missions. Voyager used Jupiter and Saturn to escape the S