Yongcui Mi has developed a new technology that enables real-time shaping and control of laser beams for laser welding and directed energy deposition using laser and wire. The innovation is based on ...

In-space manufacturing is a big challenge, even with many of the same manufacturing methods being available as on the ground. These methods include rivets, bolts, but also welding, the latter of which ...

Instead of relying on fasteners to keep structures together in space, astronauts may need to use lasers to weld on the lunar surface. Reading time 3 minutes As space agencies look to establish human ...