Tag: NASA
Quick fastener solution for IRTF
TNO developed an adaptive secondary mirror for NASA’s Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). BUMAX provided the fasteners.
Turbulent times for the aerospace industry
James Chater talks about the use of nickel, titanium and stainless steels in the aerospace industry and the impact of current events
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 completed the manufacturing of a hydrogen tank barrel that will be tested as a weld confidence article for the Space Launch System (SLS)...
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’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.