HOUSTON — The scientific successor to the acclaimed Hubble Space Telescope has arrived in Houston for a pre-launch test using the historic, unparalleled facility that was built for the Apollo ...

Thermal vacuum chambers are ideal for testing components in a simulated space environment. Not only do they enable spacecraft components to be tested in a space-like vacuum, but they also allow ...

Astronomers at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory are using test kit from Rydberg Vacuum Sciences to fast-track the development and qualification of a new generation of small-satellite ...

TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI), the world's leading space robotics startup, is pleased to announce that GITAI's Inchworm-type Robot Arm has successfully passed ...

Satellites go through a lot. As they hurtle around our planet at up to 17,000 miles an hour they must cope with the extreme vacuum of space and vast temperature swings, all while trying to precisely ...

Space Systems/Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced progress on a new Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVC), which will increase the company’s production capacity and ...

Stan Grisnik describes how NASA’s huge craft-testing facility can recreate the vacuum conditions of space. Inside the Space Power Facility The cost of failure of a space mission is millions or even ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has successfully completed testing of a prototype 1-newton thruster using its Advanced Spacecraft Energetic Non-toxic (ASCENT) propellant in a vacuum chamber.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Mars 2020 rover was moved into a vacuum chamber and tested under Mars-like environmental ...

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has tested a robotic system, which could soon inspect, repair, and even upgrade satellites already in orbit. NRL announced a major milestone on September 18, ...