... or transmit its data, is independent of and non-disruptive to any onboard systems, has an extended standby mode to accommodate early integration and is platform agnostic – having a reconfigurable form factor to accommodate different fairing mounting...
... inventors, dreamers and entrepreneurs were inspired by overseas developments to undertake their own rocketry experiments.” This ‘catch-up’ mode soon turned to ‘cutting edge’ research, however, when the UK began a programme to test its Black Knight...
..., the “Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine”. This engine will achieve both air-breathing and rocket modes, allowing for hypersonic air travel at Mach 5, or orbital access velocities of Mach 25 for spaceplanes like “Skylon”. RE are...
...” (not vehicle) assembly building (VAB). It also contains a two-page fold-out of the “lunar orbital rendezvous mode”, which is an interesting document in itself. But even non-space buffs with a penchant for management systems will...
... has come to an end. Mission engineers confirmed at about 2:30 pm PDT (5:30 pm EDT) Thursday the spacecraft was placed in safe mode, ceasing all science operations. After the decommissioning was confirmed, Spitzer Project Manager Joseph Hunt declared...
... allow for more time to secure power grids and critical infrastructure and to put satellites into safe mode. The engineering To achieve the proposed science, this telescope required important new approaches to its construction and...