Nearly half a century after NASA engineers first sketched a machine that could spin massive structures in orbit like a spider ...

Scientists have mapped the extent of the Vela Supercluster for the first time, and determined that it is one of the largest ...

Shenyang team focuses on how to produce strong structural parts efficiently, and how to connect them reliably.

Rendezvous Robotics plans to commercialize a technology called TESSERAE for self-assembling structures that could be used for large arrays or antennas in space. Credit: Rendezvous Robotics WASHINGTON ...

There has been much discussion in the space community recently about building large data centers in orbit to avoid the environmental consequences of sprawling computing facilities on Earth. These ...

Because it's costly and cumbersome to transport large structures such as satellite dishes into space, aerospace Ph.D. student Ivan Wu and his advisor, Jeff Baur, at The Grainger College of Engineering ...

Chinese researcher are reportedly developing their own version of NASA’s “SpiderFab” orbital fabrication autonomous ...

Starshade-based methods, both for in-space observatories like the Habitable Worlds Observer or ground-based observatories, have the potential to increase our observational capability without launching ...

Continuous fiber 3D printer additively deposited fiber bundles generate the desired shape: (a) cone, (b) saddle, (c) parabolic dish. Source (All Images) | The Grainger College, University of Illinois ...

Aerospace undergrad Alex Kuehnle observes PhD student Ivan Wu in the composites laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Because it’s costly and cumbersome to transport large ...