Industry Related News: United States – December 2022: The GOES-U satellite, the final component of the NOAA’s (National Oceanic & Atmospheric Admin) GOES-R series of satellites, recently underwent extensive thermal vacuum testing. This rigorous testing process was conducted in preparation for the satellite’s expected launch sometime in 2024. While it may seem like preparation [...]
Industry Related News: United States – November 2022: Useful in a wide range of applications, shape-memory materials change shape with temperature (or another type of trigger). While these materials have traditionally been composed of metal, a new variety made of ceramic has recently been developed. This could allow for far more applications, as the [...]
Industry Related News: United States – September 2022: Nankai University, located in China, has successfully developed a thermal management material that could significantly change things for scientists around the globe. The material in question could allow for devices to switch between heating/cooling automatically, as the material requires absolutely no energy. This material responds to [...]
Industry Related News: United States – August 2022: While many have seen the recent images courtesy of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA is reflecting on everything that led up to this moment - including the unforeseen hurdles. When testing the telescope, one major problem was immediately encountered. The telescope itself was simply too [...]
Industry Related News: United States – July 2022: NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) JPSS-2 (Joint Polar Satellite System) recently went through the organization’s thermal vacuum chamber, passing an incredibly important milestone in testing and development. This craft has been designed to provide information intended to improve the accuracy of weather forecasts, analyzing [...]
Industry Related News: United States – June 2022: Designed to detect planets the size of Earth, ESA’s Plato is composed of 26 cameras that will perform thorough observations of neighboring stars. This array of cameras has been designed to pick up on any tiny variations of light caused by said exoplanets, providing ESA [...]
Industry Related News: United States – April, 2022: With launch coming up in August of 2022, the Psyche spacecraft has been thoroughly tested against the conditions it will be greeted by in space. From extreme temperatures to violent launches, the conditions are no small feat. Luckily, NASA’s thermal chamber was up to [...]
Industry Related News: United States – March, 2022: According to Aerospace Testing International, "space transportation company Momentus has recently completed the thermal vacuum testing of its first space vehicle called Vigoride." This testing phase comes in advance of it's proposed upcoming launch in June with the goal of eventually offering "in-space infrastructure [...]
Industry Related News: United States – January, 2022: The Surface Water and Ocean Topography spacecraft, or SWOT, is one of NASA’s latest attempts to garner a better understanding of our planet and the potential dangers of climate change. Scheduled to launch in November of 2022, the satellite is a collaboration between NASA [...]
Industry Related News: United States – October, 2021: One of NASA’s latest projects, the Dragonfly Mass Spectrometer, has been undergoing continuous thermal vacuum testing for the past few months. This important project is part of ongoing efforts to measure waves in space-time that result from collisions, as well as the continued exploration [...]
