Deployable structures and mechanisms have become a cornerstone of modern space engineering, enabling the realisation of large apertures, antennas, and other functional systems from compact launch ...

MONTVILLE, N.J., Dec. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marotta Controls, a longstanding and leading innovator in aerospace and defense, today announced it has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 12,287,181 for ...

A compact, light weight, telescoping space baffle with a novel tape measure deployment mechanism. [video:https://youtu.be/QU1NQ15Be0U] Space baffles are utilized to ...

A 10-month mission demonstrated three elements of the plan to beam solar power from space to Earth. One year ago, Caltech's Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD-1) launched into space to demonstrate ...

MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration into their curved, fully formed shape with only a single pull of a string.