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Introducing Kickstage, your new source for all the latest from Aerospace

The Aerospace Corporation has a lot going on, today and since the dawn of the first space age. To keep up, we're launching Kickstage, our new front page for collecting everything we do and make that we think people ought to know about.
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Here's what Aerospace is up to at Space Symposium

It's the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, and The Aerospace Corporation is here to meet with industry and government players, as well as hear from startups, investors, and the next generation of space talent. Here are a couple things you won't want to miss!
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What will the EU Space Act's new regulations mean for the industry?

The European Union is preparing to release the EU Space Act later in 2025, which will establish new regulations and requirements for space companies providing services within its dominion.

It's part of a tentative global...
COSMIC executive director Greg Richardson at a podium.

ISAM isn't just an industry, it's a spectrum of capabilities, says COSMIC director

Aerospace's Greg Richardson talks to Payload about the definition of in-space assembly and manufacturing and how we ought to pursue it.
The word Kickstage over a picture of a launch control room.

Introducing Kickstage, your new source for all the latest from Aerospace

The Aerospace Corporation has a lot going on, today and since the dawn of the first space age. To keep up, we're launching Kickstage, our new front page for collecting everything we do and make that we think people ought...
The Aerospace Logo above an aerial image of the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs.

Here's what Aerospace is up to at Space Symposium

It's the 40th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, and The Aerospace Corporation is here to meet with industry and government players, as well as hear from startups, investors, and the next generation of space talent...
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Aerospace's network of testbeds clocks early successes with space startups

One of the most intractable challenges to realizing space innovation is the “flight-proven” paradox, in which new technologies lack flight heritage and struggle to gain the confidence of the investors, insurers, buyers...
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Space policymakers and CEOs put their heads together at the first Space Leadership Forum

On February 13, a select group of experts, leaders, and policymakers from public and commercial space came together for the first-ever Space Leadership Forum, hosted by Aerospace and the Center for Space Policy and...
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Aerospace helps DARPA investigate new radiation testing methods

Operating in the space environment presents a multitude of challenges. Among them are the intense radiation outside of Earth's atmosphere, and high-energy particles causing "Single Event Effects" or SEEs with electronics...

TRL Bootcamp levels up early-stage startups to connect with government customers

Aerospace and the US Space Force's SpaceWERX are fast tracking commercial technologies to meet the rapidly evolving needs of national security space in a new program called TRL Bootcamp.
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Aerospace's wargaming for space threats plays out unique new threats and solutions

With space emerging as a warfighting domain, we need to improve our understanding of capabilities and systems in and beyond orbit can be protected from emerging threats and adversaries. Aerospace recently conducted an...
Steve Isakowitz and A.C. Charania onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024

Space and innovation collide on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt

New opportunities for commercial collaboration are driving rapid innovation, opening up new pathways and options for the nation’s space programs to approach mission designs and systems. Recently held in San Francisco...
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Supporting weather satellites for stormwatching and science

As Hurricane Helene prepared to make landfall near Perry, Florida on Sept. 27, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) captured the phenomena through the Geostationary Operational Environmental...

'Lighter, nimbler, faster, better': Space robotics levels up with flexible circuits

Engineers at The Aerospace Corporation have developed what they call an Autodynamic Flexible Circuit, which will enable new adaptable and resilient approaches for space robotics, satellites and other innovations for...
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Hundreds of students share their STEM dreams at Aerospace science competition

In May, hundreds of students from across the nation participated in the annual Robert H. Herndon Memorial Science Competition (RHHMSC), giving them the opportunity to explore their passion for space.A key part of...
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Simpler, better onboard engine could help smallsats deorbit faster

Space debris poses a significant threat for the future of the rapidly growing space industry. The Aerospace Corporation is at the forefront in advancing concepts, strategies and capabilities that will ensure sustainable...
USSF-124 launching from the ground.

USSF-124 Launch: Delivering a Six-Satellite Payload

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched at 5:30 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida as part of the USSF-124 mission, to deliver six satellites into orbit under the...
Psyche mission (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU)

NASA’s Psyche Mission Could Unlock Secrets to How Planets Are Formed

NASA’s Psyche mission recently launched a spacecraft on a 2.2 billion-mile journey to study a giant metal-rich asteroid located at the far edge of the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The asteroid, named 16...
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COSMIC: Propelling ISAM from Transformational to Routine

A new era of integration, innovation and collaboration for human, uncrewed and robotic space activity is underway. U.S. preeminence in space may someday expand within this paradigm even to the far reaches of the solar...
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Aerospace’s Slingshot 1 Demonstrates Pathway to Accelerating Space Innovation

The Aerospace Corporation’s Slingshot 1 mission is successfully demonstrating the potential for modular technologies to improve the flexibility of satellites and expedite the integration timeline for payloads. The 12...
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Explore the Aerospace Demonstration and Visualization Center

With space becoming more diverse, congested, and contested, and needs changing from near Earth orbit to low Earth orbit and cislunar space, The Aerospace Corporation is executing an integrated approach to support U.S...
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Project Phantom: Furthering Space Exploration with Virtual and Augmented Reality

Recent advancements in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies have led to wider adoption of cutting-edge tools that have become increasingly vital across industries such as medicine, education...