Smartflex has designed a new SLR 4x5 camera from the ground up, and it has been successfully backed on Kickstarter ...

New optical technologies have revolutionized astronomy, from the invention of the telescope 400 years ago to more recent developments of adaptive optics and segmented mirrors. The next disruptive ...

Within several years the Boston University group had developed macro- and microscale DMs in both segmented and continuous-mirror configurations. The devices used electrostatic actuation ...

PULSAR aims to develop and demonstrate the technology that will allow on-orbit precise assembly of a segmented mirror using an autonomous robotic system. Within PULSAR, DLR, together with CSEM ...

James Webb’s segmented mirrors remain vulnerable to micrometeorite damage. Researchers are developing plans for replacing damaged mirrors to avoid wasting costly investments. Repair spacecraft ...