Astronautical Engineering
Astronautical Engineering encompasses the dynamic and cutting-edge fields of advanced science and space technology. Space engineers design, build and operate rockets and missiles, space launchers, communications and direct broadcasting satellites, space navigational systems, remote sensing and reconnaissance satellites, space vehicles for human spaceflight, and planetary probes.
There is no better academic major than Astronautical Engineering in which to obtain the education and to acquire the skills needed for space engineers.
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Tenth Anniversary
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Buzz Aldrin’s Visit
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Industry News
SpaceNews.com
- GPS ground system gets cybersecurity upgrade as OCX faces new schedule setbackUntil OCX is delivered, the Space Force will use the ground system known as Contingency Operations, or COps, made by Lockheed Martin. SpaceNews.com
- Space Fence surveillance radar site declared operationalThe $1.5 billion Space Fence can track tiny objects in low Earth orbit as small as a marble. SpaceNews.com
- OneWeb files for Chapter 11 bankruptcySatellite internet startup OneWeb filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Friday after its largest investor, Softbank, rejected a request for additional funding. SpaceNews.com
- SpaceX wins NASA commercial cargo contract for lunar GatewayNASA announced March 27 it has selected SpaceX to provide cargo transportation services for the agency’s planned lunar Gateway. SpaceNews.com
NASA News
Education News
- Food, Technology for ISS at the Judges’ Table at Annual HUNCH CompetitionTeams of high school students took part in a nationwide program to put their best entrée and technologies forward as part of NASA’s HUNCH program.
- New York City Students to Speak with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space StationStudents from New York City will have an opportunity this week to talk with a NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station.
- #BeAnAstronaut: NASA Seeks Applicants to Explore Moon, MarsFor the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications Monday for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers have until 11:59 p.m. EDT Tuesday, March 31, to apply.
- NASA Highlights Minority STEM Education Outreach at CIAA Basketball TournamentBilled as “Education Day,” the CIAA partners with science, technology, education and math educators to bring interactive STEM outreach to mostly minority students.
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