MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA has selected The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., and Textron Systems, Wilmington, Mass., to develop alternate heat shield materials for the Orion crew ...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (May 9, 2011) — With weight reduction an increasingly important goal for fuel economy improvement and emissions reduction, automotive parts maker Federal-Mogul Corp. has devised a ...

Dragon V2 in the crew configuration it can take 7 passengers and I think something around, if you really cram stuff in, around a ton of pressurized cargo and 2-3 tons of unpressurized cargo. The Tesla ...

A capsule streaking through Earth’s atmosphere at extreme temperatures rarely makes headlines beyond the launch itself. Yet behind one recent reentry lies a technological shift that could redefine how ...

Off the coast of Baja California in December 2022, sun sparkled over the rippling sea as waves sloshed around the USS Portland dock ship. Navy officials on the deck scrutinized the sky in search of a ...

Two years ago next week, NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean to wrap up what, at first glance, seemed to be a highly successful unpiloted test flight that made a return to the ...

Keeping electronic devices cool is vital in order to keep them functioning properly, but the components used to contain the heat can add quite a bit of bulk to their overall size. Electrical engineers ...

Passenger cars are projected to account for the largest share of the automotive heat shield market during the forecast period. Double-shell heat shield is set to lead the automotive heat shield market ...

Take note of the name ZircoFlex, because it will most likely, in our not-so-humble opinion, immediately become part of the lexicon and bag of tricks of every automotive, marine, aerospace and ...

Atomically thin materials could create heat-shields for cell phones or laptops that would protect people and temperature-sensitive components and make future electronic gadgets even more compact.

HOUSTON — NASA has chosen the material for a heat shield that will protect a new generation of space explorers when they return from the moon. After extensive study, NASA has selected the Avcoat ...