Space News
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NASA to Cover US Spacewalk 93, Hold Preview News Conference
NASA astronauts work to retrieve batteries and adapter plates from an external pallet during a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power storage capacity. Credit: NASA Two NASA astronauts…
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Early Career Faculty 2024
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Back to ECF Home Transformational Advanced Energetic Propulsion Omid BeikColorado School of MinesDevelopment of a MW-Scale High-Voltage Multiphase Dual-Rotor…
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Developing Oxychalcogenide Membranes for Superconducting Power Transmission
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart Yang.pdf Shuolong Yang University of Chicago This effort will leverage the latest developments in superconductors to…
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Power on the Dark Side: Stimulus-Responsive Adsorbents for Low-Energy Controlled Storage and Delivery of Low Boiling Fuels to Mobile Assets in Permanently Shaded Regions
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart McGuirk.pdf Christopher McGuirk Colorado School of Mines This project will investigate and develop improved storage methods…
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Piezoelectric-Based Power Conversion for Lunar Surface Systems
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart Boles.pdf Jessica Boles University of California, Berkeley This project will develop piezoelectric-based power conversion for small…
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Lightweight Deployable Solar Reflectors
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart Arya.pdf Manan Arya Stanford University This grant will design and develop lightweight, low-cost modular solar reflectors…
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Stabilized Z-Pinch Fusion Driven Electromagnetic Propulsion
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart Underwood.pdf Thomas Underwood University of Texas, Austin This project will demonstrate a fusion propulsion system based…
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Origami-inspired Diffractive Sail for Directed Energy Propulsion
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart Oguri.pdf Kenshiro Oguri Purdue University This project will investigate one of the key fundamental challenges associated…
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Concept Demonstration of Directed Energy Propulsion with Metasurface Lightsails
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart Ilic.pdf Ognjen Ilic University of Minnesota This effort will aim to demonstrate the feasibility of directed-energy…
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Origins Uncertain: ‘Skull Hill’ Rock
Explore This Section Perseverance Home Mission Overview Rover Components Mars Rock Samples Where is Perseverance? Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Mission Updates Science Overview Objectives Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features…