Space
Nanocomp Technologies Inc., Merrimack, NH, US
Its millimeter-length macro CNTs are finally realizing their commercial composites potential, with spacecraft applications leading the way.
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Massive Stratolaunch nears completion
Paul Allen's Vulcan Aerospace is working with Scaled Composites to build the largest aircraft yet made, and it uses a lot of composites. The plane, it is hoped, will deliver satellites into low-Earth orbit — affordably and efficiently.
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Precision design for deployable space structures
Enabling SMAP mission success, unprecedented design requirements were deftly managed using composites in the largest unfurling and rotating reflector to date.
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TenCate opens its European Centre of Excellence for thermoset composite materials
The opening follows a period of significant investment for the UK operation of TenCate Advanced Composites.
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NASA selects Sierra Nevada for Mars 2020 mission contracts
SNC will design and manufacture the descent brake, as well as actuators for the robotic arm and sample caching system.
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CFRP: Opportunities in orthopedics
Carbon fiber has a niche, but can it secure a larger piece of a high-growth pie?
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JEC World 2016, the full report
CompositesWorld's editors report on the technologies and products that caught our eye at JEC World 2016, in early March.
Read MoreNASA selects Sierra Nevada for ISS cargo transport contract
In news seen as a big win for the company that was the sole loser during the competition for the coveted NASA contract to transport US astronauts to and from the International Space Station, Sierra Nevada Corp. was recently awarded a contract from NASA to launch cargo resupply missions to the ISS.
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Materials & Processes: Introduction
High strength at low weight remain the winning combination that propels composite materials into new arenas, but other properties are equally important. This article outlines the case for composites and introduces SourceBook's overview of the materials and processes used to make them.
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Solar Impulse 2: Pulse on the future
Not yet through their ‘round the world flight, this superlight solar plane’s airframe-proven materials are already destined for higher callings.
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