Jeff has been involved in aerospace journalism since the mid 1990s. Prior to joining Aviation Week, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace magazine and the International Space Industry Report. He has been the editor and chief of Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily & Defense Report since 2007 and has been a regular contributor to Aviation Week magazine. He received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
After repeated delays, NASA's $85 million High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (HESSI) is on track for a Feb. 5 launch atop an Orbital Sciences-built Pegasus XL rocket, according to NASA. The spacecraft originally was scheduled for launch in July 2000, but the launch was postponed after the satellite suffered damage during vibration testing. HESSI will use X-ray imaging to produce the first high-fidelity color movies of solar flares during their highest energy emissions. Hyper-X failure caused delay
As Boeing Rocketdyne's RS-83 rocket engine approaches its system design review, project engineers continue to monitor the evolving designs for NASA's second-generation reusable launch vehicle (RLV), in a complex game of technical follow-the-leader.
If SkyTower, Inc.'s plans come to fruition, fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could one day loiter in the skies above major telecom markets around the world, bridging the "last mile" gap between communications backbones and their end users.
