Deployable structures and mechanisms have become a cornerstone of modern space engineering, enabling the realisation of large apertures, antennas, and other functional systems from compact launch ...

Deployable composite structures and mechanisms represent a frontier in materials engineering, where innovative fabrication techniques and advanced design principles are utilised to create lightweight, ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has developed technology that enables spacecraft to utilize precision pointing algorithms for attitude control. SwRI is currently integrating the Parallelogram ...

A study published in Nature Communications presents a way to create deployable structures that transform from compact folded states into expansive configurations with perfectly smooth surfaces.

Deployable structures are structures that can change their shape and size (automatically) from a compact configuration to a large, open configuration. They could be described as structures capable of ...

A deployable satellite reflector and boom assembly from Northrop Grumman Corporation will help NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) map soil moisture and the freezing and thawing cycles globally ...

A deployable satellite reflector and boom assembly from Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will help NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) map soil moisture and the freezing and thawing cycles ...