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AFRL partners with NASA in CubeSat navigation, communication mission

A sensor experiment named Gridded Retarding Ion Drift Sensor deploys from the International Space Station Dec. 29, 2022. The sensor, developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate is hosted on NASA’s six-unit cube satellite petitSat, or Plasma Enhancements in the Ionosphere-Thermosphere Satellite. PetitSat will study a layer in Earth’s upper atmosphere known as the ionosphere to provide insight on space weather disturbances and their impact on navigation and communication systems. NASA's Heliophysics SPORT CubeSat, also studying the ionosphere, is seen in the top left corner.
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AFRL partners with NASA, academia, industry on spacecraft flight experiment

Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, in the grasp of the International Space Station robotic Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. Mission Control personnel on Earth used a robotic arm to relocate MISSE from inside the Japanese Experiment Module airlock to its installation locations on the exterior of Space Station. The MISSE space flight experiment is a collaboration among the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, Georgia Tech Research Institute and DuPont to study the effects of space weather exposure on spacecraft materials. (Photo credit / NASA)
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AFRL partners with NASA, academia, industry on spacecraft flight experiment

Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, shown in the blue panel on the airlock slide tray, at the International Space Station, as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator grapples it. The MISSE space flight experiment is a collaboration among the Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, Georgia Tech Research Institute and DuPont to study the effects of space weather on spacecraft materials. (Photo credit / NASA)
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