Aerospace News & Articles - IEEE Spectrum
Nov 25, 2025 · The latest developments in aviation, satellites, astrophysics, space flight, and space exploration
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Dec 1, 2008 · IEEE Spectrum is the flagship publication of the IEEE — the world’s largest professional organization devoted to engineering and applied sciences. Our articles, videos, and infographics …
Practical Solid-State Batteries Using Pressure - IEEE Spectrum
Dec 2, 2022 · Solid-state lithium-ion batteries are proving more safe, lightweight, and compact than their conventional cousins. However, metal spikes can grow inside them, leading to short-circuits. Now a …
The World’s Largest 3D Metal Printer Is Churning Out Rockets
Oct 25, 2019 · In traditional aerospace manufacturing, a design change can require almost a year of retooling and adjustments. Because hardware changes take so long, the avionics department is …
Fly the Hybrid Skies - IEEE Spectrum
Nov 30, 2023 · For this test series, engineers at GE Aerospace assembled two sets of a hybrid-electric system, representing the right- and left-engine sides of an airplane, and simulated the electrical loads ...
James Webb Space Telescope: Inside the Universe Machine
Jul 8, 2022 · Aerospace Interview Aligning the Eyes of the Universe Machine Scientist Scott Acton on optimizing the wavefront sensing and control of the James Webb Space Telescope
Exploring Space with Chip-sized Satellites - IEEE Spectrum
Jul 28, 2011 · A professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University, he's studied magnetic docking mechanisms and tractor beams. He thinks that mass-produced spacecraft, each …
NASA Budget Cuts: Workforce Faces Uncertain Future - IEEE Spectrum
Aug 25, 2025 · NASA's workforce faces a crossroads as budget cuts and policy shifts reshape its future. What will happen to the thousands leaving the agency?
6G Wireless Will Use Aerial Base Stations - IEEE Spectrum
Aug 29, 2025 · 6G wireless networks will incorporate aerospace platforms including drones, airships, and satellites acting as base stations in the sky
What To Pack For Mars - IEEE Spectrum
Jun 1, 2009 · A successful mission requires a well-planned supply strategyThis is part of IEEE Spectrum ’s Special Report: Why Mars? Why Now? Illustration: Jacob Thomas You can’t take much into space. …