Fighter pilots display their skills when they're flying in tight formations, what looks like a mere inches from one another.

Because of its ability to attack targets that were hundreds of miles away from its airbases in England, the bombers of World War II were vital assets to the Allied war effort. Tasked with the ...

Generally speaking, space missions are being performed with lone spacecraft heading out into the void to achieve the desired goal of their makers. Sure, these machines might release other, smaller ...

The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has helped to establish that femtosecond comb lasers can provide accurate measurement of absolute distance in formation flying space missions. NPL, along with ...

A pair of spacecraft just launched to create hundreds of artificial solar eclipses in orbit. The European Space Agency mission, called Proba-3, will allow scientists “to see an eclipse on demand,” as ...

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How can astronomers ensure that their space telescopes fly in ultra-precise formations around our planet? By combining the push of laser light with the pull of tethers, believes one physicist. The ...

Satellites would be based on cubesat designs provided by Open Cosmos. Credit: Open Cosmos Astroscale UK and Open Cosmos have won a £5.15 million ($6.9 million) contract from the UK Ministry of Defense ...

The Air Force Thunderbirds and the Blue Angels performed a rare 'Super Delta' flyover over Pensacola Beach Tuesday morning, ...