05 August 2015
Air Force and space command ‘merger’ creates Aerospace Forces in Russia
... this week by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. The new Russian Aerospace Forces brings together the country’s Air Force and Aerospace Defence Forces under unified command. This ‘merger’ is seen as part of an on-going effort to modernise and...
16 September 2015
From CubeSats to drones – playing catch-up with technology in air and space
...Air Force Association Air & Space Conference in National Harbor, MD, much of the talk centered on new technology – and the challenges it poses for U.S. officials. The United States is the birthplace of air...“rogue” drones and air safety goes. The ...
June 2020
Astrovan II - your ride to space is here
... alone from their crew-quarters at Florida’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station inside a converted semi-trailer known simply as the ‘... at the Udvar Hazy Center, the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s annex at Dulles International Airport ...
March 2021
Campuses, clusters and a leading force in UK space
... gap between pioneering science and business. In the heart of rural Oxfordshire and on the site of a former Royal Air Force station lies a multi-disciplinary laboratory that has been leading the UK’s contribution to space missions for over...
February 2020
Opportunity knocks for UK space industry
...executive roles in companies and organisations including the Royal Air Force. In a wide-ranging interview for ROOM, he ...from space debris to navigation in space. We’ll need a proper air traffic control system for space, managed as efficiently as it is...
August 2021
Born to juggle in space
... space bar while sharing a space beer with some space friends. Growing up near the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio and in Florida, within view of Space Shuttles leaving the planet, I developed an early appreciation for...
