WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force has formally terminated an estimated $1.7 billion contract with defense technology firm AeroVironment to build a new generation of antennas used to command and ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Sept. 5, 2024, launched the NROL-113 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office. Credit: SpaceX livestream “Space control” is a legacy term of art from United States ...

Breakthrough Wave-Based Control platform designed by team at UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering a leap forward for CubeSat missions EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first satellite, has ...

The control room is being designed to optimize operator performance during long shifts monitoring a rover on the moon. Researchers are studying factors like room layout, lighting, and break areas to ...

From the very first Cold War Geiger counters that were Sputnik and Explorer-1, to the autonomous robots of Mars, asteroid missions, telescopes, and the Voyager craft now outside our solar system, ...

Ongoing issues with Boeing’s Starliner spaceship have been front and center this summer, but a new government report highlights other shortcomings of the company's aerospace work. Subscribe to read ...

A switch supports PCB design with performance, assembly, and operation, helping engineers fit configuration functions into ...

Efficiently integrating multiple axes of motion within limited spatial and mechanical constraints remains a significant challenge for machine designers. Leveraging compact servo drives with real-time ...