Hecht was recognized at the the 2023 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference for his paper titled “Q-Law Control with Sun-Angle Constraint for Solar Electric Propulsion.”
John Crassidis discusses electrostatic tractors, a technology that was once thought to be only science fiction, noting that the technology is still in the infancy stage.
Souma Chowdhury was elected an associate fellow by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for significant and lasting contributions to the aerospace profession.
Inverse quoted John Crassidis in a story about how a decade after the sci-fi thriller “Gravity” exposed space junk as a growing threat to space exploration.
Live Science quoted John Crassidis in a report on how scientists are developing a real-life tractor beam, with the goal of pulling defunct satellites out of geostationary orbit to alleviate the space junk problem.