The technology of things that fly
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency confirmed on its website Sept. 22 that both Minerva-2 rovers had landed on the asteroid Ryugu and “are in good condition and are transmitting images and data.” Full story by Tom Risen online at Aerospace America.
Read moreNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said the Trump administration’s goal of landing Americans on the surface of the moon and someday Mars will require companies and international partners, because “we want to do more than even our growing budget can handle.” Full story by Tom Risen online at Aerospace America.
Read moreNASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has sought to assure advocates of a human mission to Mars that NASA is “doing both the moon and Mars in tandem” rather than focusing exclusively on the Trump administration’s more immediate goal of sending astronauts back to the moon.Full story by Tom Risen on Humans to Mars Summit available at Aerospace America
Read moreIn the wake of the fatality aboard a Southwest Airlines flight in April, aircraft technicians sent ultrasonic waves through the fan blades of thousands of jet engines to check for metal fatigue. Investigators quickly suspected that a blade broke off from the left engine of the Southwest Boeing 737-700, spraying debris into the fuselage and causing the deadly decompression that
Read moreWhen SpaceX’s first Falcon Heavy rocket roared off a pad in Florida in February, it carried Elon Musk’s bright red Tesla Roadster and the possibility of the California company gaining a price advantage in the competition to launch satellites for the Pentagon and National Reconnaissance Office.Full story by Tom Risen at Aerospace America
Read moreThe U.S. options to counter a nuclear attack from North Korea don’t include a way to destroy a ballistic missile during the boost phase, when the missile’s engines are still burning brightly and the heat makes it easier to detect and track. In hopes of finding a solution, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency has sought ideas from industry for an
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