Spaceflight, once the sole domain of government-backed agencies like NASA and Roscosmos, is now a thriving commercial venture, and innovations in rocketry and orbital technology are increasingly ...

For engineering students interested in astronautics, aeronautics, autonomous systems or robotics, a newly formalized research collaboration agreement between MIT and Lockheed Martin could offer new ...

Entrepreneur Steve Fujikawa ’77 has committed an eight-figure gift to aerospace engineering at Cornell, an investment that will strengthen the university’s status as a leader in space education and ...

Description: Purdue’s School of Aeronautics and Astronautics is one of the top aerospace engineering programs in the nation and is currently tied for 4 th in the US News and World Report rankings of ...

Inspired by nocturnal animals that use whiskers to navigate, this study presents a 3-gram tactile sensor enabling tiny drones to detect obstacles by touch, supporting onboard tactile sensing for ...

George Robert Carruthers: Astronautical Engineer and Astronomer Astronautical engineer and astronomer George Robert Carruthers, a name well-known and dearly regarded in the space science community, ...

In October, Madni, a professor of astronautical engineering as well as aerospace and mechanical engineering, received the John Fritz Medal. Established in 1902, the medal has previously gone to Thomas ...

While often referred to in a joking manner, rocket science seriously needs more engineers, and an expansion at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs will funnel more educated workers into the ...

Air Force Institute of Technology astronautical engineering graduate student William Gallagher shows local students interested in space an example of CubeSat hardware from the Center for Space ...

­Newswise — UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – David B. Spencer, professor of aerospace engineering at Penn State, has been named the recipient of the 2018 International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Frank J.