March 2016
Space debris conundrum for international law makers
... the Russian satellite Cosmos-2251; in September 2013, the US Air Force reported the Cubesat had passed less than 75 m away from... Space Treaty), adopted on 19 December 1966 and entered into force on 10 October 1967, Resolution 2222(XXI) of the United...
July 2019
Stepping into space with STEAM
... interns, and a guest speaker/exhibitor/judge at the Cities in Space competition. Jeff served five years in the US Air Force and is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, the National Space Society and the Space Frontier...
October 2019
Electric orbit raising and space weather
...movement of the charged particles becomes constrained by electromagnetic forces that arise from their interaction with the Earth’s ..., objects in space are tracked by the United States Air Force and, except for classified missions, data is released and...
15 September 2021
SpaceX ready to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
... late Sally Ride, who became the first American woman in space in 1983 at age 32. Chris Sembroski, 42, is a former US Air Force employee who now works in the aviation industry. As a college student, Sembroski volunteered with ProSpace, a grassroots...
12 December 2019
Blue Origin's New Shepard makes 12th test flight
...” between the discernible atmosphere and space is either 80.5 kilometres (50 miles) if you are NASA, the US Air Force or the US Federal Aviation Administration, while the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, an international governing body for...
March 2015
Sky links: from multi-satellite systems to nano-launchers
...and Astronautics (AIAA), together with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). In 2012, the Russian Sputnix... wide range of requirements for the satellite platform, often forcing the developers to create unique equipment, unlike any of the...
