11 June 2021
China unveils new Mars images, and prepares to launch first astronauts to space station
... power to the core module, said Yu Hui, designer of the solar panels in a report published by Xinhua News Agency. Researchers estimate that it...sunlight for about 54 minutes. This means the solar panels experience the light-shade cycle about 16 times ...
01 April 2020
Biohybrid can turn CO2 into new products for use on Mars or Earth
... to kick-start a chemical reaction. "These silicon nanowires are essentially like an antenna: They capture the solar photon just like a solar panel," said project leader Peidong Yang, professor of chemistry and the S. K. and Angela Chan Distinguished...
June 2015
Ultimate sunbather: NASA and ESA collaborate on Solar Orbiter
... radiators, are thermally decoupled from the spacecraft body. New high-temperature Solar Array technology has been used that allows the solar panels to operate in temperatures as high as 300°Celsius. When the spacecraft is close to the S un, the...
January 2019
Preparing for a robotic revolution in Earth orbit
... a danger to other spacecraft systems rather than to the robot itself. Emitted substances can degrade optics and solar panels, and possibly cause paths for electrical short-circuits. 6. Electrostatic discharge. Surfaces of spacecraft can develop high...
October 2017
Saving geostationary orbit
... be tumbling around all three axes, especially since many of these objects will have protruding appendages such as solar panels and antennas that could ‘thwack’ any approaching space tug before a connection could be made. Technologies proposed...
October 2017
Tracking air pollution and monitoring climate change
..., the satellite was taken out of storage and final tests/hardware installation, including the fitting of the solar panels, was completed before being shipped to the launch site of Plesetsk in Northern Russia in preparation for an October 2017...
