Solar sails represent one of the most elegant concepts in space exploration: using sunlight itself to propel spacecraft through the cosmos without any fuel. But these thin, light giants face a ...

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During recent protests in Los Angeles, fires triggered “thermal runaway” in several Waymo robotaxis’ lithium-ion battery packs. The phenomenon sent temperatures past 1,000 degrees Celsius ...

This paper develops a coreless-stator permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) for reaction wheels applied to attitude control of satellites. The reaction wheel motor requires a design of lightweight ...

LAFAYETTE, Colo. (April 7, 2025) — RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, Blue Canyon Technologies, introduces its largest reaction wheel to date, the ...

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A NASA astrophysics mission remains on schedule to launch in April after teams went “above and beyond” to fix a problem with one component.

Arduino Education’s Arduino Alvik is a 3-wheel educational robot that was initially unveiled at the Bett 2024 show in London and designed to teach robotics, programming, and other STEAM subjects. The ...