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...
02 December 2014
X-37B spaceplane lands safely
The US Air Force landed its uncrewed and reusable X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OV-1) spaceplane at Vandenberg AFB on 17 October 2014, after ...
July 2014
X-51A Waverider, hypersonics, and the potential of airbreathing engines
... own rocket power to speeds up to nearly seven times the speed of sound, and then coasted to a landing at Edwards Air Force Base. Towards the end of the X-15 programme, interest focused on supplementing the rockets with a pylon-mounted scramjet...
16 March 2018
Trump suggests creating a Space Force to fight in space
... of such a proposition, it is understood that the newly formed Space Corps would be responsible for overseeing all of the Air Force’s operations in space. Their goal most likely to keep ahead of rivals like China and Russia, which are...
September 2020
High hopes for Brazil’s space ambitions
...a time of change as all players, including the Air Force and the older space-related institutes, adjusted to working... sector to create socioeconomic benefits. AEB and the Brazilian Air Force signed a Cooperation Agreement in May 2019 to enable private...
October 2021
A US space strategy for 2050: shaping a domain on the cusp
... within are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency. About the authors Lieutenant Colonel Christopher...
