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A tooling specimen with a manufaturered circular crack. Photo by NASA

Crack Image Quality Indicators

NASA is using Crack Image Quality Indicators to optimize X-ray part inspections and develop a rapid crack verfication technique
NASA builds welding test article for SLS rocket’s EUS

NASA builds welding test article for SLS rocket’s EUS

NASA completed the manufacturing of a hydrogen tank barrel that will be tested as a weld confidence article for the Space Launch System (SLS)...
NASA engineers attach the latest version of the SMA spring tire to a test rig. This version weighs 7 kg (15 lbs), can carry double the amount of load as the previous version and performs better in the deep space temperatures.

Featured Story – At the extremes: nickel alloys in space

2020 marked the start of an exciting new decade in space exploration and innovation with nickel-containing alloys playing an important role in the construction of rockets, wheels, and catalysts, to name a few applications.
NASA solar sail CubeSat ready for launch on Artemis I

NASA solar sail CubeSat ready for launch on Artemis I

NASA’s Near-Earth Asteroid Scout is tucked away safely inside the agency’s powerful Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The solar sailing CubeSat is the secondary payload hitching a ride on Artemis I.
PaR's stir welding solution for high-tech manufacturers

PaR’s stir welding solution for high-tech manufacturers

PaR Systems has been known by its long-term aerospace clients such as NASA, United Launch Alliance (ULA) and many others for its contributions to applications in perhaps the most demanding environment of all: space exploration.

Plymouth Tube supplies NASA

Four-time shuttle astronaut and United Space Alliance COO, Dan Brandenstein, visited Plymouth Tube Company's Trent Mill in recognition for the AL-6XN tubing provided for NASA's Constellation program.