Backed by a two-year, $1 million grant from the federal government’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the team is ...

Atomic oxygen, a highly reactive species prevalent in low Earth orbit (LEO), poses a persistent challenge to the durability of spacecraft materials. The erosive nature of atomic oxygen results in ...

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UT Dallas awarded $1m DARPA grant to develop erosion- and drag-resistant materials for low Earth orbit spacecraft.

A composite material could be the next-gen Whipple shield, keeping astronauts alive with greater certainty and fewer ...

Previous estimates of molecular oxygen around the Jovian moon topped out at over 2,000 pounds being produced per second. A new measurement suggests it's way lower than that. When you purchase through ...

This study is led by Associate Researcher Ding Tao and Professor Yao Tao, University of Science and Technology of China. The experiments were performed by Density functional theory calculation and ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Data from the Cassini-Huygens satellite showing oxygen ions in the atmosphere around Saturn’s rings suggests once again that molecular oxygen alone isn’t a reliable indicator of ...

Redwire's SabreSat is a platform for national security missions in very low Earth orbit (VLEO). Credit: Redwire Space Credit: Redwire Kissimmee, Fla. – SabreSat, Redwire Space’s satellite for very low ...

Oxygen electrocatalysis stands at the heart of next-generation metal–air batteries and fuel cells, yet the age-old trade-off between activity and durability persists. Now, a joint team from the State ...