SwRI staff prepare the Solar Wind Plasma Sensor (SWiPS) for integration into a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite dedicated to tracking space weather. SWiPS will measure ...

On June 14 and 16, technicians installed solar panels onto NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, one of the final steps in assembling the observatory. Collectively called the Solar Array Sun ...

Both versions of the Solar Array Sun Shield for NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope appear in this photo, taken in the largest clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The flight version ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo engineers will help the federal government develop new solar power technologies for satellites and other space-based vehicles. The work is being funded by a ...

While the engineering for solar panel cleaning systems is feasible, their implementation on deep-space Mars missions is fundamentally constrained by the "resource box." The "resource box" encompasses ...

SpaceX's latest mission to launch NASA's Sentinel-6B a success. The satellite, which is as big as a pickup truck, will help ...

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A new 'cosmic veil' developed by engineers at the University of Surrey could help perovskite solar cells survive in space, opening a new gateway to lighter, cheaper and more efficient solar power for ...