Deployable structures and mechanisms are essential components in the design of spacecraft and satellite systems. These structures allow for efficient use of space during launch and can be expanded ...

Researchers have created a 20-gram, self-deployable boom integrated with flexible electronics for use in CubeSats. The boom, ...

Deployable composite structures are innovative engineering solutions designed to fold and unfold efficiently, making them ideal for applications in space exploration, satellite technology ...

Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small ... researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign successfully integrated flexible ...

Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools ... integrated flexible electronics with a three-ply, self-deployable boom that weighs only about 20 grams.

(Nanowerk News) Being lightweight is essential for space structures, particularly for tools used on already small ... researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign successfully integrated ...

A BYU-made, origami-inspired deployable antenna in storage mode ... The main challenge has been in designing a structure that unfolds to a permanently flat antenna. Regular hinges do not work in the ...

A starshade is designed to float in tandem with a space telescope and block out the ... from far away can diffract around a simple circle structure. The petals are explicitly designed to stop ...

The photographs revealed intricate structures that looked like wood grain patterns. This breathtaking image captured dust in cosmic space in unprecedented detail, allowing astronomers to look at ...

Lose yourself in the best space books out there as we round up the pick of the out-of-this-world reading material across an array of categories. We've rounded up the best space books currently ...