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What do You see when You are looking at the moon? I think our planet's ancient satellite, can be a great inspiration for our future's vision. I am talking #drones and other machines, operating within an integrated space all the way from underground to the moon. We are not there yet, but it will happen. Interconnected all the way. I am glad that there are professionals out there that understand and support that vision of the future. That is what I see, when I am looking at our satellite... #droneindustry #nasa #space #network

Some days at work are better than others. Like our recent drone project - part of which you see here. Did you know this about the 747 underneath: -NASA 905 (the 747) carried space shuttles 223 times and amassed 11,017 flight hours over 42 years. It is the first of two shuttle carrier aircrafts. -This SCA is the largest intact artifact from the shuttle program and played key roles in the orbiter’s development. -Although the main landing gear beam was cut for transportation to Independance Plaza, the reassembled 747 structure is flight certifiable. -The shuttle weighs 171,000 pounds (77,500 kilograms). The drone...not as much (1.999 lbs - 905 grams).

While cruising at FL450 near HVE, the aircraft encountered a mountain wave, which smoothly descended them to FL448, then climbed them to FL455. Then suddenly, the aircraft began a rapid descent in which the stick shaker activated. The crew regained control at FL 430. (NASA Callback, Issue 525). I checked online sources for guidance on how to avoid the threat of mountain waves, to include Skybrary. A general rule of thumb is to ensure you cross the mountains by more than 8000 above their peak altitude. FL450 certainly exceeded that rule. Any pilots want to weigh in on this? #aviationsafety #pilots

This just in from Intuitive Machines, showing its unmanned #IM1 mission lander Odysseus at touchdown/impact last week, its crushable landing gear breaking but, by design, cushioning the landing enough to allow the spacecraft to settle into a 30-degree tilt on the surface. Apparently there is science to be gleaned from the way that plume of rocket-blasted regolith and rocks are being strewn there. And much will have been learned about agile spaceflight troubleshooting en route, after the primary lidar navigation system failed (an eye-safe laser safety system had not been disabled before flight) and frantic coding saw a secondary optical range-finding payload pressed into service to take over the job. #NASA #moonlanding (more in the comments >>>)

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The microbots will have the mission of deploying themselves on the lunar surface, connecting electronically and assembling a panel that can generate energy. #space #technology #microbot #manufacturing #manufacturingengineering #industria #industry #industrialdesign #industrial #manufacturer #manufacture #manufacturers #mexico #aeronautical #aeroplanes #aerospaceengineer #aerospacecomponents #aerospace #aerospaceindustry #aerospaceengineering #airplane #process #development #economy #supplychain #design #air #flight

There is a lot of talk, for obvious reasons, about drones these days. To be expected, the surge in their use and utility is fueling all types of innovation. You can expect to see more and more applications of this type of technology, of particular interest to me are the very small, very large and very extreme environment applications. The smallest military drones fit easily into a human hand, larger drones are being tested for evacuating humans from battlefields and disaster zones and the largest are no longer called drones but now labeled vehicles. Perhaps the most extreme environment for any drone is the copter operating over 100 million miles away on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity. The atmosphere on Mars is so thin it requires this helicopters blades to spin more than 10 times faster than they would need to for the same amount of lift on Earth. The Ingenuity copter was built and planned to achieve 5 flights and operate for 30 days. More than two years later, it's still flying and sending back incredible images of the Mars surface. In part due to the great success along with the lessons learned from lander rovers such as Curiosity, future landers will be flying not crawling. Keep an eye on the Dragonfly mission for example, this mission is planned to be launched in June 2027 and will put a flying lander onto Titan, Saturn's largest moon (and a prime candidate for life).   

Close on the heels of the first F9 first stage’s 17th flight and landing, #spacex flew another booster for the 17th time. This just shows the rapid pace of operational changes. The goal is to reach 20 reuses and then some. The space shuttle orbiter was designed for 100 reuses but the max an individual vehicle saw was 34 missions. What makes this challenging for a booster is that all the heavy lifting is done by it when passing through the denser atmosphere - the shuttle was assisted by solid rocket boosters in this phase. #Spacex #rockets #spacetechnology

They built high-altitude aircraft and launch vehicles to ferry satellites to orbit and improve space access — similar goals to space-tech leaders like Virgin Orbit, Rocket Lab, and SpaceX. But if you want to get ahead of the competition and can’t be the first, why not be the biggest? Ravn X has a wingspan of 60 feet and a length of 80 feet, occupying about 8,000 square feet in the hangar. It can take off and land on just one mile of runway and uses the same jet fuel as a regular airplane. And, by launching like an airplane, instead of like a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone, the craft is more capable of handling challenging weather conditions.

The region’s extensive transportation infrastructure, including airports, deepwater ports, rail lines and interstates, is a major asset of the region and one of the key factors that makes the Alliance a hub of the aviation and aerospace industries. ✈️ This ideal location ensures that companies located within the corridor have a competitive advantage for importing and exporting needs. 🚀 #aerospace #aerospaceindustry #aviation #aviationindustry #nasa #economicdevelopment #economicgrowth #space #spaceindustry #spaceinnovation Laura DiBella, MPE Don Pierson, CEcD Greg Canfield Laura Hipp Mayer