The Qatar Airways A380 journey begins with the arrival of the component parts to build it. The fuselage, wings, tail fin and engines come together in France to be assembled into the first A380 aircraft, after which it embarks on its inaugural test flight sporting the Qatar Airways Oryx on its tail fin.
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Calif., developed an efficient method to measure residual stress in metal parts produced by powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing.
Gecko-inspired adhesives can help humans climb and may provide a better grip for robotic arms in factories and in space.
Researchers at Georgia Tech School, Atlanta, are investigating novel methods for making body armor strike faces for use by the military and others.
The Rosetta spacecraft is a large aluminum box with dimensions 2.8 x 2.1 x 2.0 meters. Philae, the lander, is a smaller carbon fiber box with dimensions 1 × 1 × 0.8 meters. An antenna transmits data from the surface to Earth via the orbiting Rosetta. The lander carries nine experiments, with a total mass […]
