The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory achieved a significant propulsion milestone when a Draper rocket engine reached supersonic flight conditions during a controlled test. The trial, conducted at ...

There’s only one place to find them in all the Department of Defense, and that’s at the Air Force Research Laboratory. Three of the lab’s Research Altitude Chambers, better known as the RACs, are now ...

“Go ahead and write your name again,” Altitude Chamber Manager Nat Daggs says over his headset in a Tennessee drawl. Ten students from Westwind Aviation, a local aviation school, sit in the altitude ...

GRAND FORKS — A pilot who just set a high-altitude record in June of 2023 is getting ready to do it again. On Wednesday, Nov. 8, he ran a test of a pressurized flight suit at University of North ...

SAN ANTONIO – The Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence is where enlisted aviators are trained in everything from aircrew fundamentals on aerodynamics to safety procedures in flight, and a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Orion spacecraft for ...

The Jack Borgenicht Hypoxia/Altitude Physiology Research Facility (JBHARF) operates a normobaric hypoxia chamber at a “normal” sea level atmospheric pressure of approximately 760 torr (1 torr = 1/760 ...