"The thermal protection system protects the SLS rocket from the heat of launch while also keeping the thousands of gallons of liquid propellant within the core stage's tanks cold enough. Without the ...

Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary has won a $478.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a thermal protection system intended to protect surface-to-surface hypersonic missiles from intense heat ...

The design of hypersonic thermal protection systems is critical for ensuring the survivability of spacecraft during atmospheric re‐entry. A key aspect of these systems is the management of extreme ...

NASA completed another step to ready its SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for the Artemis III mission as crews at the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans recently applied a thermal ...

LOUISVILLE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sierra Space, a leading commercial space company and defense tech prime that is Building a Platform in Space to Benefit Life on Earth ®, announced today a ...

A user-reported incident highlights both the risks of extreme GPU overclocking and the growing importance of power supply ...

Recently completed design studies for launch vehicle-orbiter space transportation systems have indicated that the payload weight fractions are extremely small. These studies have also identified the ...

Solid-state relays provide robust solutions for electronic switching in load control applications and hold many advantages over electromechanical relays. New, emerging solid-state relay designs offer ...

Blueshift, a technology leader in thermal protection systems (TPS), has launched AeroZero ® Tapes, a comprehensive series of lightweight, easy-to-use tapes to deliver exceptional levels of protection ...

The porous (Ta0.2Nb0.2Ti0.2Zr0.2Hf0.2)C high-entropy ceramic possesses interconnected microspheres, abundant interface in the microspheres, and the severe lattice distortion of the high-entropy ...

The CBCF/SiBCN composite is characterized by its lightweight and porous structure, featuring a visible heat-leading layer in its cross-section. Microscopic analysis reveals that the ceramic matrix ...