The term “vacuum” means many different things depending whether you are working on space equipment, scientific instruments, or even internal combustion engines. In our sphere it is so often used as a ...
Even very slight environmental noise, such as microscopic vibrations or magnetic field fluctuations a hundred times smaller ...
When you need to test hardware designed to operate in the vast reaches of space, you start in a vacuum chamber. NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has many of them, but Vacuum Chamber 5 (VF-5) ...
Aluminum - The Unsung Hero for Non-magnetic Vacuum Applications. A variety of industries — semiconductor manufacturing, aerospace, precision metrology, and scientific research — require vacuum systems ...
Engineers prepare the Mars 2020 spacecraft for a thermal vacuum (TVAC) test in the Space Simulator Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.The image was taken on May 9, ...
Two huge new vacuum testing chambers, nearing completion in Oxfordshire, represent a major leap forward for the UK space industry, experts claim. Scheduled for completion in May, the chambers will use ...