The independent test lab introduced test to failure methodologies and expanded hail and mechanical stress sequences to better reflect risks from extreme weather and glass breakage.

Solar modules are very special products. Compared to other high-tech products, their design is not excessively complicated, and it is not for nothing that they are commodity products, which are ...

“Four years ago, that was at 50% and it’s steadily increased since,” said Tristan Erion-Lorico. Image: Kiwa PVEL. A total of 83% of module manufacturers have had at least one test failure in the Kiwa ...

EDWARDS, Calif. – The Orion crew module that will be used for the first launch abort system Pad Abort 1 flight test is scheduled to depart NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center Aug. 19 for the White ...

Sierra Space successfully finished its third module test for the Blue Origin-led Orbital Reef private space complex for NASA, on the long road to replace the International Space Station. When you ...

Sierra Space’s Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE) module is the size of a house and made from ultra-strong synthetic fiber. By Andrew Paul Published Jan 23, 2024 11:22 AM EST Add Popular ...

Chasing Orion: This is the second in a series of stories leading up to the April 2019 launch of Orion’s launch abort system, which is managed by NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. As the Orion ...

A subscale version of Sierra Space's LIFE module, equipped with a metallic plate representing a window, is prepared for a burst test. Credit: Sierra Space KIHEI, Hawaii — Sierra Space conducted ...

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On the frigid morning of March 4, 2019, at the Swedish Esrange Space Center north of the Arctic Circle, Ralf Engelhardt, research associate at the Chair of Carbon Composites at the Technical ...