From the article: Getting spacecraft traveling at hypersonic speeds to slow down and land or achieve a particular orbit on a dime is no easy feat. But researchers are developing a tool that will let engineers model and ultimately build advanced flight control systems that meld balloon and parachute technologies known as a ballute (BALLoon-parachUTE). Basically a ballute is […]

From the article: Controlling a spacecraft while it exists or reenters the atmosphere, or while on the final descent for another moon or planet is a very tricky business, which currently requires years of planning, and just seconds to execute. For this very reason, the American enterprise Global Aerospace Corp. has announced that it’s currently […]