Materials/Manufacturing
Start-ups and Small Businesses: An Expanding Nucleus in America’s Space Supply Chain
By Nicole Heins, Senior Conference Producer for Space Tech Expo USA […]
NASA
News
Space Tech Expo returns to Long Beach in 2021
Space Tech Expo USA has recently announced the return of the live and in-person showcase event of space technology and services for spacecraft, satellite and launcher systems, subsystems, components, and materials for civil, military, and commercial space to Long Beach, California, October 6 – 8. […]
News
Magnetic Levitation Studied at JPL for Moving Payloads Around the Moon
While rich tourists may be thinking about a space voyage, scientists at NASA have their sights on more mundane pursuits, like moving payloads around the moon. Magnetic levitation could be the key. […]
Magnetics/Assemblies
Calnetix Develops Key Magnetic Components for International Space Station
Calnetix Technologies has designed and developed a high-speed in-line blower and a dual controller for NASA’s next-generation magnetically levitated CO2 removal system. The design and development of the Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber (4BCO2) is being led by NASA and is planned […]
Research & Development
Perseverance Lands on Mars with maxon Precision Motors Aboard
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars just a few days ago. Was there once life on Mars? This is the question that one of the most complex robotic systems ever built by humankind has set […]
Electromagnetics
Magnetic Field at Martian Surface Ten Times Stronger than Expected
Fluctuations in field provide clues about upper atmosphere New data obtained from the magnetic sensor aboard NASA’s InSight spacecraft is offering an unprecedented close-up of magnetic fields on Mars. In a study published in the […]
News
Magnetics Technology Flying High, Hot & Cold in Solar Orbiter Mission to the Sun
Magnetics technology is flying high, hot and cold in the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission to the sun. An extremely sensitive magnetometer built by Imperial College of London is a central element of the […]