NASA's .50 caliber gas guns can fire at nearly 23,000 feet per second. The possibility of a large meteorite strike is a terrifying scenario with dramatic and deadly consequences, but a space station ...

In order to test for possible micrometeorites impacting a spacecraft, NASA is utilizing a 2-stage light gas gun to simulate potential hazards for future space missions. The test fires a bullet with a ...

HYDERABAD: Seven students from multiple branches at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT H) have built a low-cost light gas gun that can fire projectiles at supersonic speeds. The ...

First Light used a large two-stage hyper-velocity gas gun to launch a projectile at a target, containing the fusion fuel and achieved fusion. The projectile reached a speed of 6.5 km per second before ...

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