The term "aeronautical engineering" was coined to define the field for the first time. As flying technology has advanced to include vehicles that operate in space, the broader term "aerospace engineering" has emerged. Aerospace engineering, particularly the astronautics branch, is referred to as "...
Let's start at the heart of the matter: How does the craft work? Read as Matthew Gionta describes what will happen on this historic flight step by step. HSW: So, how does SpaceShipOne work? Matthew Gionta: SpaceShipOne is slung underneath the belly of the White Knight aircraft, two aircra...
NASA began design, cost and engineering studies on a space shuttle and many aerospace companies also explored the concepts. In 1972, President Nixon announced that NASA would develop a reusable space shuttle or space transportation system (STS). NASA decided that the shuttle would consist of an ...
Networking and building relationships with professionals in the field can also be beneficial. Overall, a combination of technical knowledge, practical experience, and a strong network can help pave the way for a successful career in aerospace engineering. ...
“This is new at Rockwell. The idea is to provide an encapsulated solution as a successful driver for certain applications. We have sufficiently advanced pre-engineering so that when the customer starts his or her automation project, whether it concerns continuous or discrete processes it does not...
More to the point, the first successfulmissionwithout professional astronauts paves the way for an additional source of companyrevenue. There are likely to be further missions in the future as SpaceX continues to work toward commercial spaceflight, withElon Muskstating that these missions help Space...
Photo courtesy NASA/Able Engineering Nearly 400 years ago, as much of Europe was still involved in naval exploration of the world, Johannes Kepler proposed the idea of exploring the galaxy using sails. Through his observation that comet tails were blown around by some kind of solar breeze, he...
In a range of settings, human operators make decisions with the assistance of automation, the reliability of which can vary depending upon context. Currently, the processes by which humans track the level of reliability of automation are unclear. In the
Value engineering is a systematic and organized approach to providing the necessary functions in a project at the lowest cost.
So how does NASA determine who gets to be an astronaut?Astronaut Recruitment The Mercury 7, NASA's first astronauts, were all military pilots. Image courtesy NASA Today, the process for recruiting astronauts is streamlined and efficient. But when NASA set out to recruit the very first astr...