ORS Launch

The Operationally Responsive Space-1 prototype satellite sits aboard a Minotaur I launch vehicle in June before its launch from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, NASA Wallops Island, Va. Courtesy photo

ORS-1, successfully launched

On June 29, the Operationally Responsive Space office's inaugural satellite, ORS-1, successfully launched from Pad 0B at the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, a facility owned by the Virginia Commercial Flight Authority, located at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Va. NASA photograph

AFRL to open new lab next month

The construction of the Battlespace Environment Laboratory began August 26, 2009, and was completed by September 2010. The 145,000 square foot, two-story laboratory is on Carlisle and Gibson. The picture shows when the last piece of steel was placed on the facility, called “topping-off.” Workers used an 80-ton crane to lift the last 30-foot steel beam and place it on the roof. The largest beam lifted by the crane was 62 feet long and weighed 5 tons. The new facility will house the people relocating from Hanscom AFB, Mass. U.S. Air Force Photo by Elizabeth Martinez

Vehicle close to launch

The Demonstration and Science Experiments satellite during testing at the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate. U.S. Air Force Photo

Researchers focused on providing alternative power storage for spacecraft

Completed mini-Agile Multi-Purpose Satellite Simulator displaying three flywheel mass simulators. (U.S. Air Force Photo)