Article Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1 Returns As the world watched, Chinese Space Station Tiangong-1 reentered Earth’s atmosphere on April 1, 2018 at 5:16pm PST. Most of the space station burned up upon reentry with any remaining space debris… May 2018
Article Satellite Reentry: Manipulating the Plunge Some believe there’s no such thing as an “unlucky person”—only bad decisions. Tell that to Lottie Williams, the only person in the world to be hit by falling space junk—through no fault of her own.… May 2018
Article TESS Looks for Exoplanets An Aerospace team helped develop the orbit for NASA’s recently launched Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which will look for exoplanets, that is, planets outside our solar system. April 2018
Video New Rocket Motor Takes Flight The Aerospace Propulsion Research Team took a field trip to California’s Mojave Desert, where they launched four 3D printed liquid motors and one hybrid motor on high-power hobby rockets. They… April 2018
Article 3D Printed Rocket Motor is Fuel Efficient A team from Aerospace successfully tested a new type of 3-D printed rocket motor that could potentially lead to less expensive and more efficient rocket propellants. April 2018
Article Giving Back: Corporate Social Responsibility From supporting STEM and mentoring our youth to training teachers and assisting neighbors in need, Aerospace has long recognized that our work for our fellow citizens is a vital investment. We hope… March 2018
Article Hive Satellites Redefine Disaggregation Hive is a concept for a new generation of disaggregated, reconfigurable satellites. Made up of small, smart, mass-producible, and multi-functional units that can come apart and reconfigure themselves… February 2018
Article New Entrant Pathways To Orbit New and innovative launch providers are set to shake up the launch industry. Aerospace is working to help the government take advantage of emerging opportunities with new entrant rockets without… January 2018
Article Uncommon Mission For Delta IV Rocket Aerospace developed a common avionics suite for its primary launch vehicles to achieve greater performance and reliability at reduced cost. Randy Kendall describes how, based on heritage Atlas V… January 2018
Video Satellites Combine For Hive Built and assembled like Legos in space, Hive’s innovation is built on the concept of disaggregated satellites. Hives are mass-producible, multi-functional satellite units that are put in orbit to… January 2018
Video The Aerospace Corporation As an independent, nonprofit corporation operating the only federally funded research and development center for the space enterprise, The Aerospace Corporation performs objective technical analyses… January 2018
Video The Center for Space Policy and Strategy Drawing from nearly 60 years of experience, The Center for Space Policy and Strategy is poised to navigate tremendous changes in the space enterprise. The Center’s team members explain the exciting… December 2017
Video Making Launch Faster And More Efficient How do you fit a bunch of small and midsized satellites in a single launch fairing? It might help to standardize their size and shape. This brief video introduces the concept of the launch unit,… December 2017
Article Resilient Space: The Real Star Wars Warfare is now no longer limited to just the Earth. As outer space becomes more and more competitive, the U.S. Air Force’s Space Warfighting Construct works to deter enemy attacks in space while… November 2017
Video Concept Design Center The Concept Design Center (CDC) allows design teams to work quickly on a variety of concepts for customers. For example, the CDC proposed dozens of designs for the GPS III satellites, one of which… November 2017
