When people are dropped into the most dangerous of conditions – as when disaster strikes, or during exploration of another ...

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 ...

Abstract: Lightweight materials and structures are essential in the aerospace industry, from enabling the large space structures required to advance science missions to reducing fuel consumption.

Transition waves provide a platform for realizing deployable structures that can be expanded quickly and locked into place after deployment, according to a study. Deployable structures, such as the ...

Abstract: Deployable space structures are compacted and stowed during launch, and unfurled to their full dimensions once in space, enabling the large systems necessary to advance space science and ...

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

From muscle atrophy to bone loss, astronauts face a number of health risks while in space. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. It's easy to understand why. The human body ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A large family of deployable filamentary structures can be built by connecting two elastic rods along their length. The resulting structure ...

Made In Space, a Silicon Valley startup, is developing technology to enable small satellites to build large booms in orbit for interferometry missions. Credit: Made In Space COLORADO SPRINGS – Made in ...

Researchers have harnessed the domino effect to design deployable systems that expand quickly with a small push and are stable and locked into place after deployment. If you've ever opened an umbrella ...

Director of the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, Col. Eric Felt, left, and Benjamin Urioste, a research engineer, prepare to break a satellite piñata, following the ...