Episode 56: Martian Milestones and Satellite Propellants

by AFRL PA | Dec 15, 2021 | Podcast

Ms. Corinne Sedano, an AFRL Group Lead for Chemical Propulsion – Flight Programs, joins the podcast to discuss her work at NASA, satellite propulsion and AFRL’s Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-Toxic (ASCENT) green propellant. 

AFRL hosts exercise to test search and rescue technology in extreme climates

by AFRL PA | Dec 14, 2021 | Aerospace

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) – Under the Technical Cooperation Program (TTCP), a team of Air Force Research Laboratory researchers recently hosted a Polar Operations exercise to test Search and Rescue (SAR) technology in extreme climates at a technical...

AFRL celebrates launch of small-sat Ascent to GEO space

by AFRL PA | Dec 7, 2021 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate small satellite named Ascent was launched Dec. 7 from Cape Canaveral, Florida as part of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Test Program-3 mission, aboard a...

AFRL upholds 20-year tradition of hosting Thanksgiving feast for pararescue students

by AFRL PA | Dec 6, 2021 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO (AFRL) – As the nation celebrated the 400th anniversary of Thanksgiving, the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Contracting Divisions carried on a 20-year tradition of providing a Thanksgiving...

AFRL collaborates with Magdalena Ridge Observatory to further space exploration

by AFRL PA | Nov 23, 2021 | News, Space

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFRL) – New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) astronomers are one-step closer to having their own high-powered window to space and the universe, after receiving congressional funding for the Magdalena Ridge...