DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the ...

Orbital dynamics, particularly in the context of lunar missions, encompasses the study of trajectories, stability and long‐term behaviour of spacecraft in the Moon’s gravitational field. Recent ...

Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB – News), one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of a Gilbert, AZ-based, spacecraft ...

Renu Malhotra, a planetary sciences professor, has received honors from within the scientific and educational community across the nation. In late April, Malhotra was elected as a member of both the ...

Orbital Corporation Ltd. (Orbital UAV, the Company), a world leader in the design and manufacture of integrated propulsion systems, and Animal Dynamics, an uncrewed aerial logistics company have ...

A remarkable planetary system discovered by NASA’s Kepler mission has six planets around a Sun-like star, including five small planets in tightly packed orbits. Astronomers at the University of ...

Visualization of the Sun-Earth Lagrange points. Orbital mechanics is a fun subject, as it involves a lot of seemingly empty space that’s nevertheless full of very real forces, all of which must be ...

Electrons inherently carry both spin and orbital angular momentum (i.e., properties that help to understand the rotating motions and behavior of particles). While some physicists and engineers have ...

Animal Dynamics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Orbital UAV to explore an advanced propulsion system for the Stork-STM uncrewed aircraft system (UAS). Animal Dynamics' Stork-STM ...

Question: How is the Sun’s gravity strong enough to hold distant planets like Jupiter and Saturn in orbit, but not strong enough to have already swallowed Mercury? Answer: To understand this, first, ...