The mission also incorporated NASA experiments and conducted space domain awareness tests designed to collect data on orbital maneuvering. These tests are expected to inform the development of ...

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Credit: U.S. Space Force "Mission 7’s operation in a new orbital regime, its novel aerobraking maneuver, and its testing of space domain awareness experiments have written an exciting new ...

"The successful execution of the aerobraking maneuver underscores the U.S. Space ... officially designated X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-7 (OTV-7), which landed at Vandenberg Space Force Base in ...

“We were amazed to find such a clear imprint of the different orbital parameters on the climate record,” added lead author Stephen Barker, a professor at Cardiff University, in the UK. “It is quite ...

This mission, launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on December 28, 2023, further advances the military’s capabilities in orbital maneuvering and space domain awareness. OTV-7 broke new ...

The tanks offer complex internal propellant management devices to control propellant through all phases of flight, including orbital maneuvering, translunar injection, and lunar landing.

The module sports four such pods, each of which houses 12 thrusters — five of the relatively powerful "orbital maneuvering and control" (OMAC) class and seven "reaction control system" (RCS ...

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The safety maneuver is used to prevent runway incursions – when aircraft, vehicles or people are incorrectly positioned on a runway – as well as to counter other hazards, like sudden wind ...

The company said on Wednesday (26 Feb): "Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander captured more incredible footage of the Moon during its third lunar orbit maneuver on February 24 that inserted the ...