by AFRL PA | Sep 17, 2020 | NEWS, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Red Planet, Mars, will soon be receiving more visitors when NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover accompanied by its flight companion, a 4-pound Mars Helicopter named Ingenuity, touches down in February 2021. The Air Force...
by AFRL PA | Sep 9, 2020 | NEWS, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — In its effort to bring the most innovative technology to U.S. warfighters, the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) held a competition to select the next set of flight experiments. The Director of...
by AFRL PA | Sep 2, 2020 | NEWS, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — “Access to space is essential to U.S. prosperity and security — it is a national imperative,” states the United States Space Force (USSF) recently released “Space Capstone Publication, Spacepower Doctrine for Space Forces.” On...
by AFRL PA | Sep 2, 2020 | NEWS, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory New Mexico STEM Academy will be hosting its second virtual “Mission to Mars” for 5th grade students. Students are invited to participate in five months of activities, centered on planning a...
by AFRL PA | Aug 26, 2020 | NEWS, Space
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. — The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Directed Energy and Space Vehicles Directorates in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) are pleased to announce they have signed a five-year Education...
by AFRL PA | Aug 24, 2020 | AEROSPACE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — The Air Force Materiel Command has selected five semifinalists from more than 90 submissions to the command-wide Spark Tank competition. The semifinalists will present their innovative and game-changing ideas to a panel...
