Hypervelocity impacts, characterised by projectile speeds exceeding several kilometres per second, pose critical challenges for aerospace and defence engineering. The dynamic processes involved ...
SwRI’s Dr. James Walker has received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Hypervelocity Impact Society in recognition of his wide-ranging contributions to hypervelocity impact phenomena research ...
High-Speed Ballistic Tests Replicated Micrometeoroid and Orbital Debris Impacts to Help Refine the Shielding of the Company’s Expandable LIFE ® Habitat “Our innovative space station technology drives ...
Hypervelocity impacts from space debris pose significant risks to spacecraft and satellites in outer space. To address this challenge, Prof. SU Zhongqing, Head of the Department of Mechanical ...
COLORADO SPRINGS—Sierra Space, working in conjunction with NASA, has successfully conducted hypervelocity impact tests on the shield material designed to protect its Large Integrated Flexible ...
New results reveal how plasma explosions and clouds of debris can disturb spacecraft operations in the aftermath of hypervelocity dust impacts. The Parker Solar Probe spacecraft, NASA’s newest and ...
Tektites, the natural glasses formed by the melting of terrestrial surface materials during high‐velocity meteorite impacts, offer a unique window into the dynamic processes that shape our planet.