Space
To boldly go . . .
Space travel is a challenge, even if filmmakers like to make us think otherwise.
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AnalySwift receives NASA grant to improve design of composite deployable structures
The $125,000 grant will further development of SwiftComp software to improve modeling and design for deployable structures built from high-strain composites.
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NASA, SpaceX complete successful test of Crew Dragon abort system
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon completes final major flight test before it begins carrying astronauts to the International Space Station.
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Sener Aeroespacial to develop assembly, testing equipment for JUICE satellite solar array wings
The Spanish aerospace systems supplier will provide equipment for transport, functional and vibration tests and final assembly of the large solar panels.
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Lockheed Martin delivers Mars 2020 rover aeroshell to launch site
The composite aeroshell for the Mars 2020 rover is, along with the Curiosity rover, the largest built.
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Researchers develop carbon nanotube heat shield
A team of researchers from Florida State University is developing a design for for a carbon nanotube-based heat shield for use on satellites, rockets and jet aircraft.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide propulsion for Orion spacecraft fleet
In a recent contract with Lockheed Martin, Aerojet Rocketdyne engines and other products will be used on NASA’s Orion spacecraft for three Artemis missions.
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Boeing Starliner experiences anomaly during orbital flight test
While an off-nominal orbital insertion has changed plans for the mission, Starliner is in stable orbit.
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Spaceship Co. attaches feather system to next SpaceShipTwo
Virgin Galactic’s sister company has completed a major milestone in the manufacture of the composites-intensive SpaceShipTwo, which will carry tourists on short-duration space flights.
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Scottish rocket facility unveils advanced materials production methods
Orbex offered a peek into its Scotland-based rocket facility, unveiling its carbon fiber winding equipment and 3D printed single piece rocket engines, as well as its new Mission Control Centre.
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