When you put your hand out the window of a moving car, you feel a force pushing against you called drag. This force opposes a moving vehicle, and it’s part of the reason why your car naturally ...

When you put your hand out the window of a moving car, you feel a force pushing against you called drag. This force opposes a moving vehicle, and it’s part of the reason why your car naturally ...

Earth's atmosphere gets thinner with altitude, but it has enough air to impart a force of drag on orbiting spacecraft, even up to about 620 miles (1,000 kilometers).

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Piyush Mehta, West Virginia University (THE CONVERSATION) When you put your hand ...