Residents along Florida’s Space Coast will soon hear a familiar sound — sonic booms. But instead of announcing a spacecraft’s return from space, they may herald a new era in faster air travel. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is partnering with the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California, Langley Research Center in Virginia,…
New Tech May Add Years to Earth Orbiting Satellites
Satellites play vital roles in everyday life. From weather observations to navigation to communications, Earth-orbiting spacecraft are now so prevalent they could easily be taken for granted. A team at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, collaborating with counterparts at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., recently demonstrated groundbreaking technology that could…