Deployable structures and mechanisms have become a cornerstone of modern space engineering, enabling the realisation of large apertures, antennas, and other functional systems from compact launch ...

University of Illinois researchers 3D print flat carbon-fiber structures that morph into curved satellite components in space ...

Redwire is a space infrastructure provider that is positioned to benefit from the growth of the space economy. The company's growth is strong, supported by the increasing number of satellites, defense ...

Starsys Inc., a SpaceDev Company has been awarded two contracts totaling $2.45 million from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate, for continued development of deployable ...

When the search for habitable exoplanets requires a 1,000 times more stable telescope than James Webb Space Telescope, even minimal material expansion down to a fraction of the width of an atom is the ...

Humans have been traveling to space for more than six decades now, and for a large part of that timeframe, some of us have even been living up there. But despite the many years that have passed since ...

state-of-the-art deployable space structures for solar sail applications. “This is a very important collaboration to further cement the routine use of solar sails in space,” said Greg Manuel, Space ...

Berkeley, Calif., Aug. 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Heliospace Corp. (OTC:HLEO), an aerospace company specializing in cutting-edge technologies and mission-critical services that empower space ...

Starshade-based methods, both for in-space observatories like the Habitable Worlds Observer or ground-based observatories, have the potential to increase our observational capability without launching ...

Space exploration is becoming increasingly complex. As missions aim to reach further and uncover more, spacecraft and satellites must carry more sophisticated technologies without compromising launch ...