Nov. 28, 2023 AFWERX, NASA collaborate to develop digital Advanced Air Mobility operations center AFWERX is partnering with NASA to develop a digital operations center for future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) efforts through the Civilian Commercialization Readiness Pilot Program (CCRPP) awardee, ResilienX.
Sept. 21, 2023 Organizational designation change reflects fierce focus on warfighter for AFRL unit The Air Force Research Laboratory's, or AFRL's, Airman Systems Directorate recently changed its organizational title to the Human Effectiveness Directorate to better reflect the scale of AFRL's reach across the Department of Defense and its mission partners, as well as the scope of its mission. The
Sept. 1, 2023 AFWERX, NASA strengthen interagency partnership After a series of capability site visits, AFWERX and NASA have strengthened their partnership to better reach advanced air mobility goals.
May 30, 2023 AFRL helps NASA test equipment for Artemis II mission The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA worked together over the last two weeks of April 2023 along with other industry partners, such as Lockheed Martin, to test the most current iteration of an astronaut crew seat and flight suit that will be used in the Orion spacecraft during future
May 12, 2023 AFRL, NASA partner with 8 universities for new Mission Concept Program The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, and NASA announced their collaboration with eight universities for a new Mission Concept Program, or MCP, from Jan. 5 to Feb. 3, 2024. The program, sponsored by AFRL's Space Vehicles Directorate, is held under the University Nanosatellite Program, or UNP,
Feb. 1, 2023 AFRL partners with NASA in CubeSat navigation, communication mission The Air Force Research Laboratory’s, or AFRL, newest sensor experiment deployed from the International Space Station Dec. 29, 2022, hosted on NASA’s six-unit cube satellite named petitSat, or Plasma Enhancements in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite. The CubeSat’s mission is to study a layer in
Nov. 16, 2022 AEDC conducts tests for Orion ahead of Artemis launch After several years in the making, NASA launched Artemis 1, an unmanned maiden flight of the integrated Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as part of its Artemis space program.Since the early flight missions to the moon, teams of
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.