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  • CGOs volunteer at food bank

    As part of their community outreach effort, the Kirtland Company Grade Officers Council helped the Albuquerque Roadrunner Food Bank in preparing donations Dec. 13 for local school lunch programs. The team consisted of CGOs from the Air Force Research Laboratory, the Air Force Operational Test and

  • AFRL summer internship program open for application

    The 2014 Air Force Research Laboratory Summer Research Internship program is open for application through Feb. 2. The program offers paid internship opportunities to undergraduate and graduate level university students, as well as upper-level high school students. Intern benefits include:·

  • Kirtland-managed satellite prepares for launch

    The Kirtland-managed Space Test Program Satellite-3 is scheduled to launch Nov. 19 aboard a Minotaur I rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va.The spacecraft, along with 28 CubeSats, will be carried into the cosmos as part of the Operationally Responsive Space-3 mission.

  • AFRL University Nanosatellite Program celebrates satellite launches

    Excitement was in the air recently when two of the Air Force Research Laboratory's  University Nanosatellite Program satellites were successfully launched at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on a SpaceX Falcon 9 1.1 rocket. Cornell University's CUSat and the University of Colorado Boulder's Drag

  • Pluto's near miss still provides useful information

    Pluto was recently of special interest to some scientists because it was expected to occult, or overlap, a star, providing information on Pluto's atmosphere. This occultation would be visible on Earth only in the Hawaiian Islands, so the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colo., asked Dr.

  • AFRL summer interns leap at unique job opportunities

    This summer, the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland mentored more than 100 students through paid research internships related to directed energy and space science. The research topics chosen by their mentors directly related to work currently being done by AFRL scientists.The AFRL program

  • Two Kirtland scientists selected as AFRL Fellows

    Two Air Force Research Laboratory scientists at Kirtland were recently recognized as 2013 AFRL Fellows, the organization's most prestigious honor. Dr. William "Pat" Roach, Directed Energy Directorate, was selected based on the excellence and the impact of his research in the biological effects of

  • AFRL small telescopes prove value

    An engineer with the Air Force Research Lab discovered in 2007 that an inexpensive, 1-foot-diameter telescope was picking up the same satellite as a 33-foot-diameter telescope, and developed a small telescope project that has made first-time discoveries in space.Richard Rast, a senior engineer with

  • Students build 22-foot model International Space Station underwater

    The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy and the Challenger Learning Center New Mexico brought together middle and high school students from public, private, charter, and home schools around the Albuquerque area to build a 22-foot model of the International Space Station while underwater in

  • AFRL officer named Western Region CGO of the Year

    1st Lt. Jason Holzman, Air Force Research Laboratory program manager, has been named the Western Region Company Grade Officer of the year. Holzman was chosen out of the 43 bases that comprise the Western Region."The award is done through the Company Grade OfficerS Council, and each base's CGOC