Article Airborne Chemical Analysis in New York The Aerospace-developed Ground-Based SHARP Sensor (GBSS) played a starring role in conducting an airborne chemical analysis on the air of New York City for a Center for Urban Science and Progress (… August 2017
Article Advancing Laser Communications Technology NASA is sponsoring an Aerospace-built CubeSat, AeroCube-7, as part of its Optical Communication and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) program. AeroCube-7 is designed to demonstrate two significant… July 2017
Article Circumstances Won't Define Carlos Rivas STEM Endowment recipient Carlos Rivas was only eight years old when he set his sights on the stars and emphatically declared he was going to be an aerospace engineer. When he discovered his passion… May 2017
Article Brane Craft Wins NASA Award The Aerospace Corporation’s role as an industry leader in supporting government and commercial customers in space debris management has been further cemented through the awarding of the 2017 NASA… April 2017
Article GPS Improves Hurricane Forecasting For CYGNSS GPS technology that many people use daily is now being used to predict and track hurricanes. Aerospace played a key role in testing a critical subsystem of the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite… April 2017
Article Van Allen Probes Reveal Hidden Radiation Belts The state-of-the-art instruments aboard NASA’s Van Allen Probes were designed by Aerospace researchers and engineers, and the data they are sending back has radically transformed our understanding of… March 2017
Article The Spacewalk Of Stars A stroll in zero gravity is no light matter. Aerospace is helping to ensure that astronauts are equipped to perform critical extravehicular operations outside their space vehicles and the space… February 2017
Article Space Policy in Dynamic Times The space environment has seen tremendous change in the last decade. Rules are changing rapidly and are being questioned by commercial startups and spurred on by near-peer threats. The Center for… January 2017
Article Sextant: Innovative Study on Position, Navigation, and Timing Resiliency A strategic study to enhance position, navigation, and timing (PNT) resiliency, challenging an Aerospace team to think about PNT resilience with a clean slate. August 2016
Video Electric Propulsion for Spacecraft Electric propulsion of spacecraft, or EP, involves the application of electrical energy as a source of thrust to propel spacecraft. The Aerospace Corporation has developed a remarkably comprehensive… August 2016
Article Hazmat Detection Aboard a Fireboat The Aerospace Corporation partnered with the Long Beach Fire Department (LBFD) for a HAZMAT detection project that drastically improved public safety for the city’s residents due to its chemical,… July 2016
Article 3-D Technology for Drone Detection Unmanned autonomous systems (UAS), also known as drones, are now widely used by both hobbyists and government agencies for a variety of reasons. The popularity of drones has created a need for… June 2016
Article The First Dr. Wanda M. Austin STEM Scholarship Winner Heydy Arias is the first winner of the Dr. Wanda M. Austin STEM Scholarship which is a part of The Aerospace Corporation’s STEM Endowment Fund. June 2016
Video Drone Detection Technology Is Key The popularity of drones or unmanned autonomous systems (UAS) has created a need for drone detection systems to assess if a drone is a threat or not. Aerospace is investigating a variety of… June 2016
Article Plant-Inspired Vehicle “AeroSeed” Has Lots of Potential Looking at nature for inspiration, an Aerospace team is developing an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that borrows flight characteristics from winged maple seeds. November 2015
Article Propelling Electric Propulsion Forward The Aerospace Corporation has been at the forefront of electric propulsion (EP) research for three decades, and possesses one of the world’s foremost facilities for the advanced characterization of… September 2014
