Nov. 13, 2022 X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle concludes 6th successful mission The U.S. Space Force’s unmanned, reusable spaceplane, X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6, successfully deorbited and landed after completing a 908-day mission.
Oct. 26, 2022 Super Guppy lands at Tinker The Super Guppy made a very rare stop at Tinker Air Force Base today for some gas on its way to Florida. The NASA aircraft was delivering an Orion Heatshield for a mission expected a few years from now. The transportation of oversized cargo has always been a tremendous problem for logistics
Aug. 25, 2022 AFRL partners with NASA, academia, industry on spacecraft flight experiment The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate in collaboration with the Georgia Tech Research Institute, or GTRI, NASA and DuPont de Nemours, Inc., has a brand-new spacecraft materials experiment flying on the International Space Station.
Aug. 24, 2022 AFRL's Oscillating Heat Pipes are even cooler in space The Air Force Research Laboratory has released results from its Advanced Structurally Embedded Thermal Spreader Two, or ASETS-II.
May 26, 2022 AFRL sponsorship recipient wins NASA space manufacturing contract Air Force Research Laboratory research sponsorship recipient, United Semiconductors, LLC (USLLC), is one of eight companies selected to work on a three-year $21 million NASA contract to manufacture tools in space.
May 17, 2022 As AFWERX Agility Prime celebrates two years, partner Joby Aviation announces acoustic data from NASA testing AFWERX Agility Prime partner Joby Aviation, a California-based company developing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, recently completed developmental testing with NASA to help understand Joby’s vehicle’s performance characteristics and acoustics profiles during normal
Nov. 24, 2020 AFRL set to co-host two-day virtual Quantum Collider 2.0 ROME, N.Y. (AFRL) – A free, virtual quantum event will be held Dec. 1–2, 2020, and will feature live workforce development and supply chain management panels. The Virtual Quantum Collider 2.0 will highlight the pillars of the Air Force Research Laboratory Quantum Strategy along with key components
April 7, 2020 A QueSST for speed and parts: 309th AMARG’s role in quiet supersonic technology development Recall when traveling faster than the speed of sound was possible aboard the supersonic airliner called the Concorde, flying 3,459 miles from New York to London in around three hours. Those days might not be gone forever if NASA, Lockheed Martin and the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration
Jan. 29, 2020 Air Force Research Laboratory satellite departing International Space Station An Air Force Research Laboratory satellite, called the Very Low Frequency Propagation Mapper, or VPM, will be released from the International Space Station Jan. 31.
Sept. 9, 2019 Contributions of Edwards Air Force Base to the Moon Landing A number of aspects of the joint U.S. Air Force, National Aeronautics and Space Administration and U.S. Navy X-15 flight research project that began in 1958 had an impact on the development of several technologies used in Project Apollo. In particular, it influenced both the Lunar Landing Research