A coronal mass ejection — an immense cloud of magnetized particles — leaps off the sun in this image taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft on August 31, 2012. Earth was added to show scale. (Photo courtesy of NASA’s Goddard…
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Orbit Fab and Benchmark Space Systems to partner on in-space refueling technologies
[by Jeff Foust, SpaceNews, Photo by Bryan Versteeg – Orbit Fab’s first tanker spacecraft will carry hydrogen peroxide propellant to refuel thrusters developed by Benchmark Space Systems.] WASHINGTON — Two startups are partnering on technology that they hope can jump-start the…
Skyfire Continues Growth and Opens Partnership and Innovation Hub in Huntsville, AL— Rocket City, U.S.A.
ATLANTA – Skyfire Consulting (skyfireconsulting.com), the most trusted and experienced public safety UAS consulting group, today announced it has opened a new partnership and innovation hub in Huntsville, AL—known as Rocket City, U.S.A.—to more closely align with world-class aeronautic and defense…
Dynetics’ Gremlins Demonstration System Completes Third Test
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 20, 2021 – Dynetics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Leidos, successfully completed a third test flight series in which the Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) and Gremlins Recovery System flew three more times. The system has totaled seven flight hours…