aerospace industry, new discoveries, osiris-rex, space tech

Q&A With the Scientists Behind OSIRIS-REx’s ‘Eyes’

Using its multipurpose camera designed at the UA, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft spied its target asteroid for the first time from about 1.4 million miles away. How did the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft take the first image of the target asteroid Bennu? UANews spoke with three OSIRIS-REx mission scientists who planned the first-light image of Bennu: Bashar Rizk, senior staff scientist ...

Troy Oakes

Aerospace Is on the Verge of Positive Disruption

The history of human flight and the aerospace industry have early beginnings. By 1,000 B.C., Chinese scouts on kites monitored enemies, and by the 16th century, inventors were experimenting — often tragically — with devices that simulated birds’ wings. The 18th century saw the rise of hot air balloons. The next century brought steam-powered aircraft. ...

Megan Nichols

A Boeing passenger jet.