April 2018
Developing Mars
... a credible risk of Earth impact. The DE-STAR engineering team has previously characterised the impulse which a fibre laser can impart on a small body [1,2]. Their engineering studies quantify deflection of bodies having varying mass and composition...
March 2016
The Use of 3D Printing for Space Applications
... common processes for metals include Powder Bed Fusion, using a laser or an electron beam, and Direct Metal Deposition, where powder... blown into the molten pool, also by means of a laser. Wire Arc Processes use metal wires instead of powders for ...
10 November 2017
CubeSat mission to measure water on the Moon
...Clementine mission. Now, NASA are hoping to shrink a laser spectrometer, known as the Lunar Ice Lidar Spectrometer, ...these volatiles exist and their possible movement is a laser spectrometer that measures surface reflectance at several wavelengths. ...
June 2021
The coolest experiment on the ISS
... processes. First, a magneto-optical trap holds atoms in place, while radiation and pressure from lasers slows them down. Six lasers are focussed on the atoms, meaning whichever way the atom shifts, it will have a stream...
14 February 2018
Martian meteorite to be used as target practice
... California - to serve as target practice for a high-precision laser on the rover's arm. Mars 2020's goal is ambitious: ... of precision requires a calibration target to help tweak the laser's settings and London's Natural History Museum will lend the ...
April 2021
Satellite servicing comes of age
... are updated with new images from one of the servicer’s three imaging systems: visible, infrared, and laser radar (LIDAR). Meanwhile, the servicer’s flight computer builds a model of the relative positions in space, constantly updating...
