As-manufactured woven polymer matrix composites often exhibit in-situ cracking due to residual stresses that arise from curing. NASA’s Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) is a ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth ®, announced today a ...

The thermal protection system (TPS) for the RLV must protect the structure and cryogenic fuel tanks from extremely high temperatures during launch and reentry. To meet the requirements of an RLV, the ...

Flight 6 of SpaceX’s Starship marked another big milestone in company’s reusable rocket technology, showcasing significant progress in two-stage landings. However, the test flight also exposed ...

Thermal protection systems (TPS) are vital components that protect spacecraft from the extreme heat generated during atmospheric re-entry. TPS has been one of the core disciplines in space exploration ...

We often tend to look at spacecraft and imagine that if anything is to go wrong with a mission, it will be so during launch. But the reality is that re-entry is far more dangerous, as it exposes the ...

Already proven in spacecraft and aircraft, AeroZero Tapes are also ideally suited to design engineers, product designers, manufacturers, and R&D departments developing new battery systems, consumer ...

An eight-foot wide slice of foam with a few special layers will be all that's protecting NASA's Parker Solar Probe as it braves almost 2,500 degree Fahrenheit temperatures in the Sun's corona. The ...

Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary has won a $478.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a thermal protection system intended to protect surface-to-surface hypersonic missiles from intense heat ...

Electrochemical energy storage is one of the primary technologies for energy storage, making batteries essential in applications such as electric vehicles and energy storage stations. For the battery ...