September 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...movement of the charged particles becomes constrained by electromagnetic forces that arise from their interaction with the Earth’s ..., objects in space are tracked by the United States Air Force and, except for classified missions, data is released and...
15 September 2021
SpaceX ready to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
... late Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983 at age 32. Chris Sembroski, 42, is a former US Air Force employee who now works in the aviation industry. As a college student, Sembroski volunteered with ProSpace, a grassroots...
12 December 2019
Blue Origin's New Shepard makes 12th test flight
...” between the discernible atmosphere and space is either 80.5 kilometres (50 miles) if you are NASA, the US Air Force or the US Federal Aviation Administration, while the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, an international governing body for...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
...and Astronautics (AIAA), together with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). In 2012, the Russian Sputnix... wide range of requirements for the satellite platform, often forcing the developers to create unique equipment, unlike any of the...
October 2015
Finding Earth-like worlds: the tale of how Kepler-452b was discovered
... there are processes within these planetary systems that force the planets to migrate inwards. Many of these...’s Kepler spacecraft blasts off from Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:49 p.m. EST on 6 March 2009. Ron...
September 2017
Australia’s unique space history
...Defence Facility Nurrungar was operated by the United States Air Force and the Australian Department of Defence from 1969 to ...by road (about a six-hour drive from Sydney), although air/bus and train/bus travel options are possible. The lovely regional...
