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Tag: space engineering
Growing Australia’s space manufacturing capacity
Space is hard, but the country's engineers are leaning into the difficulties – because innovation in response to a challenge ...
The engineering behind Australia’s first two space launch facilities
Koonibba and Whalers Way on the Eyre Peninsula are the (literal) launchpads for bolstering Australia’s space manufacturing capability.
How NASA uses generative design to triple component strength
Advances in generative design and AI are changing the way NASA creates some of its most complex machines.
Is it possible to manufacture data centres in space?
Data centres demand enormous power and generate immense heat – and these operators are looking at placing them in outer ...
In the race for space metals, these companies are hoping to cash in
Mining asteroids could, in theory, reduce the burden on Earth’s resources. Will it live up to its promise? Explore how ...
Roadside assistance in space: The service satellite that just launched
As space lanes become increasingly crowded and more satellites malfunction, this service satellite will navigate across orbits to get them ...
These Australian innovators are removing debris from space
South Australia-based Paladin Space is developing a solution to clean up small pieces of space debris to make space more ...
From a Canberra carpark to Cape Canaveral … and beyond!
Four days into the new year, Canberra-based space services company Skykraft launched a 300-kilogram satellite stack into space. The company’s ...
3 weird and wonderful engineering traditions
For a profession based on forward thinking, science and careful calculations, engineering is steeped in tradition. Here’s a few customs ...
