by Patrick Londergan | Nov 14, 2022 | News, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a $72 million contract to Advanced Space LLC to demonstrate space situational awareness, object detection and tracking in the region of the Moon, supporting a resurgence of interest in...
by AFRL PA | Apr 20, 2021 | Podcast
Astronaut, geologist, and the most recent living man to have walked on the moon, Dr. Harrison “Jack” Schmitt, joins us today to speak on the Apollo 17 mission, geology and the future of space travel.
by AFRL PA | Apr 19, 2021 | 100 Years, Success Stories
Air Force pilots routinely fly faster than the speed of sound, but there was a time when it was considered impossible. Then in 1947, the Air Force broke the sound barrier for the first time in manned flight with its experimental Bell X-1 aircraft. Higher altitudes and...
by AFRL PA | Apr 16, 2021 | AFRL Tech, Success Stories
In 2019, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of mankind’s first landing on the moon. The Apollo command module stood on the very top of the largest rocket ever launched, The Saturn V. This rocket was lifted off the Earth’s surface by the most powerful rocket engines...
