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Briefs: Propulsion
These louvers provide passive thermal cooling for CubeSats.
Briefs: Materials
This technology enables methane metabolism by yeast.
Facility Focus: Test & Measurement
Glenn's research facilities have contributed to decades of technology advances.
Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This technology provides simultaneous ohmic contacts and the process to make them.
Briefs: Propulsion
Made with “Jenga chemistry,” the material could help in understanding how high-temperature superconductors work.
Briefs: Aerospace
This retractable de-orbit device facilitates targeted re-entry, attitude and orbital control, and collision avoidance.
Articles: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The Foldable Drone: a Morphing Quadrotor that can Squeeze and Fly
Davide Falanga, Kevin Kleber, Stefano Mintchev, Dario Floreano, and Davide...
NASA Spinoff: Aerospace
The material used on a shuttle's rocket boosters has several terrestrial applications.
Articles: Transportation
A prototype of the AC 'Biode' battery has been developed at 20W.
Facility Focus: Propulsion
NASA Armstrong flight-tests some of the nation’s most unique aircraft and aeronautical systems.
Briefs: Propulsion
A numerical modeling tool allows for a better understanding of rotating detonation engines (RDEs).
Blog: Propulsion
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.
Blog: Aerospace
NASA is set to return to the Moon in 2024. But why the lunar south pole?
Articles: Electronics & Computers
We interviewed an industry expert about the role of inductive position sensors in the IIoT.
Briefs: Medical
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...
Briefs: Transportation
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 the...
Blog: Propulsion
Lockheed Martin's Rob Chambers is working on a spacecraft that will bring astronauts back to the lunar surface.
Technology Leaders: Design
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 engineers...
Briefs: Aerospace
Inductive Power Transfer for Spaceflight Systems
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...
Blog: Aerospace
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Articles: Test & Measurement
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 surface...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
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 world...
Facility Focus: Propulsion
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...
Articles: Aerospace
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 exploration. A...
Articles: Test & Measurement
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...
Articles: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
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 distinct...
Briefs: Aerospace
Double-Fed Induction Linear Alternator
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,...
Briefs: Propulsion
Improved Directed Flux Motor
Electromagnetic motors typically convert electrical energy into rotational mechanical energy and are employed across a wide array of applications. While motors represent relatively mature technology, practitioners continue to seek ways to enhance motor operation including a decrease in cost, drop in size/weight,...
Briefs: Energy
Directly converting electrical power to heat is easy; however, converting heat into electrical power is not as easy. To address this issue, a tiny silicon-based device was developed that can harness...
Top Stories
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Going for Gold in Winter Olympic Curling
Blog: Energy
Batteries that Can Withstand the Cold
INSIDER: Design
Advancing All-Solid-State Batteries
Blog: Design
Blog: Materials
Making Tungsten Carbide a More Viable Alternative
INSIDER: Power
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