Home Startups & Commercial Space Outpacing the Threat Science & Research Media & Events SCIENCE AND RESEARCH Making discoveries and and de-risking new technologies for all to use International collaboration leads to LunaNet, a new space communications standard As the space around the Moon and Mars become popular destinations for both commercial and government spacecraft, communication is key — and the infrastructure out there is nowhere near robust enough to handle the... April 2025 Innovation Spotlight: Aerospace engineer Hagop Chinchinian Hagop Chinchinian does tracking and analysis work that's vital for situational awareness and resiliency of both national security and commercial space. Hear his story in this Innovation Spotlight! April 2025 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... April 2025 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... March 2025 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... March 2025 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... November 2024 'Lighter, nimbler, faster, better': Space robots stretch out 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... July 2024 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... June 2024 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... February 2024 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... January 2024 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... January 2024 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... November 2023 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... September 2023 Inside The Nanosatellite Revolution: Q&A with the Aerospace Book Editors In the early 1990s, as the cost of launching spacecraft to low Earth orbit was still extremely high, Aerospace scientists looked to leverage the latest advancements in miniaturization techniques for electronics and... August 2023 Aerospace’s Moonlighter Illuminates a Path to Resiliency The increasing reliance on space-based capabilities is driving the need to develop solutions that can address the rising likelihood of in-orbit challenges, including those stemming from competition and even potential... July 2023 Aerospace CubeSats to Unravel Complexities of Upper Atmosphere for NASA’s LLITED Mission NASA recently launched its Low-Latitude Ionosphere/Thermosphere Enhancements in Density (LLITED) mission, which consists of two identical 1.5U spacecrafts designed, built and operated by The Aerospace Corporation... April 2023 Living on Mars: Aerospace Crew Accelerates Human Space Exploration Knowledge The Aerospace Corporation’s first all-Aerospace analog mission crew embarked on a two-week simulation at The Mars Society’s Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Hanksville, Utah. Last November, the six members... April 2023 Aerospace Facility Raises the Bar for Electric Propulsion Testing The desire for increased agility in the space environment has prompted research into forms of propulsion that are capable of meeting the objectives of increasingly ambitious missions. While electric propulsion has mostly... March 2023 Advancing Space Domain Awareness with Aerospace’s Catcher Space is becoming more challenging to navigate due to factors such as natural hazards and the rapid increase of artificial objects, including operating and nonfunctional spacecraft. Acquiring, maintaining, and... March 2023 Aerospace Builds Capabilities for Future Mission Needs with Ironsight The emergence of commercial space capabilities is rapidly evolving how the hardest problems in space can be solved. Adopting innovative thinking and identifying diverse approaches can help accelerate success for the... March 2023 Pagination Page 1 Next
