The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped to establish that femtosecond comb lasers can provide accurate measurement of absolute distance in formation flying space missions. NPL, along with ...

A pair of spacecraft have demonstrated ultra-precise formation flying in orbit for the first time, marking a milestone with major implications for both science and future space missions. The pair ...

Satellites would be based on cubesat designs provided by Open Cosmos. Credit: Open Cosmos Astroscale UK and Open Cosmos have won a £5.15 million ($6.9 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defense ...

A pair of European satellites have created the first artificial solar eclipses by flying in precise and fancy formation, providing hours of on-demand totality for scientists. The European Space Agency ...

A pair of spacecraft just launched to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses in orbit. The European Space Agency mission, called Proba-3, will allow scientists “to see an eclipse on demand,” as ...

This article investigates optimal cooperative control algorithms for spacecraft formation flying system that can guarantee collision avoidance between spacecrafts. By selecting potential functions to ...

It’s one of the most intense weekends a pilot can face – the FFI checkride that separates amateurs from professionals. Flying wingtip-to-wingtip in near-perfect precision, every second counts as ...

I was outside on our deck at sunrise in Colorado. An hour before, a meteorite streaked across the sky among the brilliant stars before they faded and disappeared. The morning star was still visible.