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  • AFRL hosts Albuquerque fifth graders at annual Mission to Mars

    Students from local Albuquerque schools participate in Air Force Research Lab's Mission to Mars at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M., April 20. The Mars Missions flight provides fifth grade students an opportunity to plan and carry out a simulated manned mission to Mars, their

  • Air Force Assistance Fund underway at Kirtland

    For the next four weeks, the Air Force Assistance Fund will give the men and women serving on Kirtland Air Force Base a chance to contribute to the greater good of the Air Force.

  • Successful launch for AFRL Eagle spacecraft experiment on AFSPC-11 mission

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory’s EAGLE spacecraft flight experiment was successfully launched on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 14.EAGLE, short for Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload

  • AFRL officer wins prestigious essay contest

    Capt. Michael “Mikey” Nayak of the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate has been recognized as a winner of the 2017 Gen. Bernard A. Schriever Memorial Essay Contest. Nayak’s essay, titled “Deterring Aggressive Space Actions with Cube Satellite Proximity Operations: A New

  • AFRL researchers receive high honors

    Two Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate researchers were recently recognized for receiving the 69th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Air Force-level award. Dr. Jeremy Banik was recognized in the Applied Science and Engineering category for his outstanding contributions in the area of

  • AFRL wins national federal lab awards

    The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico won two Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for their work in Oscillating Heat Pipes for High Power Electronics Thermal Management and High Strain

  • AFRL hosts annual Robotics Challenge Expo

    In an effort to promote interest in STEM, Air Force Research Laboratory’s La Luz Academy at Kirtland hosted student teams from around New Mexico for the annual Robotics Challenge Expo March 9.

  • Kirtland boasts top nurse in Air Force

    Kirtland Air Force Base is now home to the Air Forces’s top nurse. Maj. Cindy Callisto, a nurse practitioner at the 377th Medical Group, was named the 2017 Top Nurse in the United States Air Force.