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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

The only human-rated centrifuge within the Department of Defense is shown at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Five astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. The Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing owns and operates the centrifuge. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

Ibrahim Conteh, centrifuge operations supervisor, speaks to Sophie Adenot, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, from the control room as she trains in the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Adenot was one of five astronauts from NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot, left, smiles after exiting the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025, aided by Andre Scott, operations technician, and John Trentini, NASA flight surgeon. Adenot was one of five astronauts from NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot, left, exits the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025, aided by Andre Scott, center, operations technician, and John Trentini, right, NASA flight surgeon. Adenot was one of five astronauts from NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

Ibrahim Conteh, left, centrifuge operations supervisor, and Sawyer Mitchell, NASA test conductor, speak to European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot from the control room as she trains in the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Five astronauts from NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Sophie Adenot, center, speaks with Andre Scott, left, operations technician, and Tony Longinotti, right, operations coordinator, as she steps into the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Adenot was one of five astronauts from NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, left, exits the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025, aided by Andre Scott, operations technician. Kutryk was one of five astronauts from NASA, CSA and the European Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, right, speaks with Andre Scott, operations technician, as he steps into the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Kutryk was one of five astronauts from NASA, CSA and the European Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Raphaël Liégeois, left, waves to John Trentini, NASA flight surgeon, as he exits the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025, aided by Andre Scott, operations technician. Liégeois was one of five astronauts from NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Raphaël Liégeois stands on the steps of the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Liégeois was one of five astronauts from NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

Astronauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency pose with flight surgeons and support personnel in front of the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. The astronauts completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, right, speaks with John Trentini, NASA flight surgeon, after exiting the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Meir was one of five astronauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, left, speaks with Andre Scott, operations technician, as she steps into the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Meir was one of five astronauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway, center, exits the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge assisted by John Trentini, left, NASA flight surgeon, and Andre Scott, right, operations technician, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Hathaway was one of five astronauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

David Bowden, left, senior electrical engineer, and Sawyer Mitchell, right, NASA test conductor, speak to NASA astronaut Jack Hathaway from the control room as he spins in the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Five astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

From left: Patrick Edwards and Mike Greene, flight surgeons with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk stand in front of the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. Kutryk was one of five astronauts from NASA, CSA and the European Space Agency who completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Keith Lewis)

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711 HPW centrifuge simulates spaceflight for astronauts

Astronauts from NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency pose with flight surgeons and support personnel in front of the 711th Human Performance Wing’s centrifuge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 20, 2025. The astronauts completed centrifuge training, which simulates gravitational forces, or g-forces, experienced during launch and return to Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo / Richard Eldridge)

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AFRL's NTS-3 Vanguard Set for Launch Aboard ULA Vulcan Rocket

The Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) spacecraft is shown in an anechoic test chamber prior to electromagnetic interference and electromagnetic compatibility testing in Palm Bay, Florida. This experimental satellite is being designed, built and tested by L3Harris Technologies, and will be used by the Air Force Research Laboratory and partner organizations as part of an integrated system to conduct a one-year demonstration of advanced technologies and concepts in satellite navigation. (Courtesy photo)

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AFRL welcomes new Space Vehicles director

Col. Richard R. Beckman speaks at the Air Force Research Laboratory Phillips Research Site change of command at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 15, 2025. Beckman succeeds Col. Jeremy A. Raley and will lead a team of over 1,000 military members, civilians and on-site contractors who make up the U.S.’s center of excellence for military space science and technology, research and development and advanced technology integration and demonstration. The directorate supports key U.S. Space Force missions, including communications; position, navigation and timing; missile warning; space domain awareness and space control. (U.S. Air Force photo / Senior Airman Spencer Kanar)

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Dr. Imelda Atencio awarded Bromilow Award from New Mexico State

Dr. Imelda Atencio, Laser Division Chief for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Directed Energy Directorate, receives the Frank Bromilow Award from Dr. David V. Jauregui, the interim Dean of the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University Feb. 21, 2025. Atencio won the 49th Frank Bromilow Lectureship Award and Honoria from New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering for her work at AFRL. She has been with AFRL since 1987 and has worked on optical design, adaptive optics, optical communication and spent 19 years conducting research at the Starfire Optical range. Atencio received her bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from New Mexico State University and went on to earn her master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Arizona. Dr. Steve Stochaj, of the New Mexico State College of Engineering, nominated Atencio as an example of the possibilities that exist for engineering students. The Frank Bromilow Award was named after the dean of New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering from 1961 to 1974. Bromilow is credited with enhancing the quality of the college’s faculty and engineering program. The award is named after him to recognize his leadership, commitment and dedication to the college’s growth. (New Mexico State University / (courtesy photo)

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