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Sunlight-based propulsion system, supported by carbon fiber-reinforced booms, will undergo weeks-long testing to demonstrate and verify its capabilities.

Designed for auxiliary power use while traveling via boat or RV, Italian startup Levante’s custom flexible or standardized semi-rigid solar panels combine the benefits of ReCarbon’s rCF and thermoplastics.

Specialized research program will develop, mature and implement composites and other novel materials for use in hypersonic vehicles.

NASA project addresses the capability gap in TPS production and installation for space exploration and hypersonic systems, delivering an ARMs system, nanopaste and prepreg tapes, manufacturing verification coupons and more.

Additional 50,000 square feet and renovation of existing spaces by 2026 will increase Aurora’s volume of composite components for executive jets, MQ-25 Stingray and NASA X-66 demonstrator.

Sarah Cox, materials engineer at NASA, talks about her experience at NASA working with composites in the space travel space. 

Nine-by-nine-foot fixtures were designed with tight tolerances for thermal and moisture stability, supporting NASA’s push to enable in-orbit construction of hardware for future space programs.

ATC will provide expertise in thermoplastic composites manufacturing to NASA’s Hi-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HiCAM) project.

Composites have been used in space since our early steps into the cosmos. Today, private companies are partnering with NASA and the ESA in new and exciting ways. CW Tech Days: New Space Applications explores this evolving dynamic.

The second of two Electron launches for NASA successfully lifted off and deployed a climate monitoring satellite just 11 days after the first launch.