Fact Sheet Technology Characterization, Assessment and Test Constellations of smaller, shorter-lifespan satellites are enabling faster technology insertion and more frequent updates to capabilities on orbit. This trend isn’t limited to new entrants; even… April 2019
Fact Sheet Agile Launch: Evolving Mission Assurance Processes In the national security space (NSS) arena, launch success is not only desirable, but critical to ensuring the nation’s space capabilities. The purpose of Agile Launch is to identify opportunities to… April 2019
Fact Sheet Human Spaceflight Aerospace personnel provide a wide variety of support to the NASA Extravehicular Activity (EVA) effort, including the planning, integration, and execution of EVA’s, maintenance of the current… April 2019
Fact Sheet Lunar Programs Humans must return to the moon for long-term exploration and utilization of deep space, but lunar exploration is more than a stepping stone to Mars missions. The phased plan includes sending missions… April 2019
Fact Sheet Space Innovation Space is in a period of rapid innovation and growth, driven in part by commercial entities and newly democratized access to powerful tools and expertise. While our adversaries may attempt to use… April 2019
Fact Sheet Project Space Cloud Aerospace engineers recently developed Space Cloud, an artificial intelligence system that uses modern cloud computing to enable satellites to detect and transmit only meaningful data. Space Cloud… April 2019
Fact Sheet Technology Strategy Aerospace is shaping the future of the nation’s space programs. Our technology strategy reflects our commitment to learn from our past, assure the present, and shape the future. We accomplish this… April 2019
Fact Sheet Creating an Agile Space Enterprise Relying on undefended “exquisite” systems worked for a long time when space was a sanctuary, but our adversaries have come to recognize our dependence on these assets and are actively seeking to deny… April 2019
Fact Sheet Assessing the Potential Impacts of Space Weather Space weather, including storms on the Sun and in the magnetosphere (the region around a planet dominated by its magnetic field), affects our technology both in space and on Earth. In addition to… December 2018
Fact Sheet Spectrum Management Enables RF Sharing As the demand for more bandwidth on the finite radio frequency (RF) spectrum grows, the need for spectrum management is greater than ever to ensure equitable RF sharing while minimizing bandwidth… June 2018
Fact Sheet CORDS Offers Space Debris Expertise Increased space debris traffic increases the collision risk for launch vehicles and satellites. Aerospace’s Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies (CORDS) addresses these threats by analyzing… June 2018
Fact Sheet Hive Satellites Lead Innovation To improve the agility and resiliency of space systems, Aerospace developed a concept called “Hive” that uses a disaggregation architecture of small, smart satellites with the ability to reconfigure… June 2018
Fact Sheet It's a Wrap on Space Debris Brane Craft, a concept for a spacecraft that can economically and efficiently remove space debris, won the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I and II awards to further help cement The… June 2018
Fact Sheet Counter-Drone Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis The proliferation of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), or drones, has created a need for counter-UAS (CUAS) technology to combat those who use UAS for criminal or nefarious reasons. State-of-the-art… June 2018
Fact Sheet Supporting Technologies for Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous vehicles are poised to change the future of transportation. To make this futuristic technology a reality, the development of autonomous vehicles depends on a variety of connected and… June 2018
Fact Sheet Smallsat Mission Services Researchers at The Aerospace Corporation pioneered some of the first small spacecraft on orbit and were integrally involved in developing and promoting the CubeSat standard. It’s no surprise, then,… June 2018