aerospace

We had the pleasure of chatting with Paul Lockhart, CEO of NoviSphere, and former astronaut who twice piloted the Space Shuttle Endeavour. Through his work for both NASA and the private sector, he’s gained a great deal of insight into the…

Let's explore the importance of antenna technology to data collection. We'll chat about the small satellites changing the way we explore space, as well as the innovations that are making it possible to learn even more about space. Doug…

SpaceLink is beefing up its senior-level expertise with the goal of delivering a game-changing relay service. It recently added top executives and has now attracted seven additional industry leaders to its team. The space relay service will…

MontaVista Software just rolled out its MontaVista's Carrier Grade eXpress (CGX) 3.1 on Mercury Systems' MFCC-8558 and MFCC-8559 platforms. Initially developed for a major aerospace Tier1 customer deployment, it will be available to the…

Travel to Mars may be closer than we think, based on work at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). PPPL’s Principal Research Physicist Fatima Ebrahimi, wrote and published a paper detailing the…

COSM Advanced Manufacturing Systems is wrapping up final development and build of electron beam 3D metal printing systems targeting future in-space, lunar, and Martian applications. Funded by an SBIR contract from NASA to support the…

The most important unsolved problem in classical physics, according to Richard Feynman, is turbulence, the complex phenomenon responsible for surf, fast flowing rivers, and many other fluid flows. Now University of Queensland (UQ)…

Reusable launch vehicles are the key to success and cost-savings for SpaceX, Blue Origin, and other aerospace companies seeking to win the next phase of this era’s “space race.” In order to use a rocket multiple times, the rocket must…

A private launch company that just hit the spotlight Summer 2018 is now making headlines for revealing the world's largest 3D-printed rocket engine. Orbex publicly unveiled its Prime rocket for the first time at the opening of its new…