Explore the key advances impacting propulsion technologies and applications involved in aircraft propulsion, turbo-electric distributed propulsion, and hybrid electric aircraft propulsion systems.
New Discoveries, From Just a Grain of Moon Dust
NASA's SuperCam Set to Look for Evidence of Life On Mars
SPIE Photonics West 2020, Day 2: Sensing LiDAR's Rise
“Pop-Up” Technique Fabricates Microrobots
Process 3D-Prints Highly Detailed Objects in Under 30 Seconds
Diesel engine makers and suppliers are ramping up their electrification efforts aimed at on-highway commercial vehicles and off-highway equipment. However, they have no plans to abandon the tried-and-true internal-combustion engine any time soon. Industry experts expect...
A numerical modeling tool allows for a better understanding of rotating detonation engines (RDEs).
A lake is usually a picture of serenity, perhaps the last place you’d expect to find a flying-fish robot launching itself 85 feet in the air.
NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 will carry the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B for the launch of Artemis 1. One of the few women to ever...
Microrobots that can deliver drugs to specific spots inside the body while being monitored and controlled from outside the body have been developed that also can treat tumors in the...
Landing is stressful on a rocket’s legs because they must handle the force from the impact with the landing pad. One way to combat this is to build legs out of materials that absorb some of...
Engineers today are feeling the pressure to get more done in less time, be experts in multiple disciplines, and use their resources more efficiently to maximize profits. This environment is shifting the way...
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has developed technology that uses inductive power transfer (IPT) for wireless power interfaces between spaceflight elements (such as the payload, vehicle, and pad). Current spaceflight systems require traditional hardwire connections for power interfaces. This...
The Moon is a treasure chest of science. The lunar samples returned during the Apollo program dramatically changed our view of the solar system, yet they just scratch the...
Just 54 years ago, the first photograph of Mars from a passing spacecraft appeared to show a hazy atmosphere. Now, decades of exploration on the planet itself has shown it to be a...
On September 1, 1961, NASA requested appropriations for initial land purchases on Merritt Island on Florida’s east coast to support the Apollo Lunar Landing Program. Designers quickly began developing...
For the first time in a generation, NASA is building a human spacecraft for deep-space missions that will usher in a new era of space...
On July 20, 1969, humans walked on another world for the first time in history. After a landing that included dodging a lunar crater and boulder...
Employing fluid power to achieve mechanical motion can be implemented via hydraulics using uncompressible liquids or via pneumatics using compressible gasses; typically, air. The latter provides several...
This technology was developed to address the limitations of traditional, single-fed linear alternators that require permanent magnets, adhesive bonding organics, and heavy iron laminations for flux control. They experience eddy-current losses and require electromagnetic interference protection. Furthermore,...
Using Simulation to Design Robust Adhesively Bonded Structures
Electric-Vehicle Transmission Development and Simulation
Thermal Management Crisis: Knowing Your Passive Solution Options
IoT’s Role in Today’s Transportation Systems
Testing and Inspecting 3D-Printed Parts
Photodiode-Based CMOS APSs With Zero-Lag, Low-Noise, High-Linearity Design
Durability Analysis of a Vehicle by Virtual Test Model (VTM)
How to Design an Airless Car Tire? Start with Simulation
A 'DEAnsect' Robot Takes 10 Hits from a Fly Swatter – And Survives
