August 2016
Big or small - aerospace innovates through constraints
... in real time from the edge of space. LEMUR-2-TRUTNA, scheduled to be launched this year, has it’s solar panels extended for testing. The panels are folded for launch but extend shortly after deployment into orbit. Many hurdles...
September 2017
Engaging the private sector in space exploration
.... The Audi lunar quattro soon to land on the Moon. Equipped with a 4-wheeled electrical drive chain, tiltable solar panels, rechargeable batteries and sciencegrade high-definition cameras, the rover will deploy and operate a series of technological...
09 October 2015
First Cubesat from American Tribal College Sent into Space
... of a light camera. The cubesat’s construction allowed student Ryan Beagles, who designed its solar panels, to add some personal touches. “On the top panel, I decided to put the names of all the team members, staff and students, both...
August 2019
Lessons from the Sun
... 14.6 hours. The towering trianglular shape of the McMath-Pierce solar telescope at Kitt Peak, Arizona, USA. Hints of rogue ... particles pummelled Earth’s polar ozone layer and spacecraft solar panels alike, and human intervention was required to keep ...
April 2020
Plasma Clipper - opening the age of sail, in space travel
... (propellant) they carry on board. Electric rockets use solar panels or a nuclear reactor to power the expulsion of the...be able to utilise some of it to go anywhere in the solar system in an outward direction. Plasma magnetic sail based on rotating...
07 February 2020
ESA's Solar Orbiter mission set to launch on 10 February
...is counting down the hours to the launch of their Solar Orbiter mission. Scheduled for launch Monday 10 February 04:03 ... when the spacecraft is programmed to ‘wake up’ and its solar panels and instrument booms are deployed. The boom, which measures ...
