Technology image of the week: friction stir welding used to make a titanium propellant tank for…
Month: November 2016
Friction stir welding of titanium
It’s welding, but not as we know it. Only a bare sliver of glowing metal is…
Paint it black
In this video, materials specialist Tommaso Ghidini explains the challenge of preparing Solar Orbiter's sunshield to…
Galileo satellites fixed to dispenser
Two of the four Galileo satellites are shown after their installation on the multi-passenger dispenser system,…
Prototype Capture System, Mock Asteroid Help Simulate Mission Sequence
A prototype of the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) robotic capture module system is tested with a…
Materials make the space mission
Tommaso Ghidini, Head of ESA’s Materials Technology section Materials make the space mission: manufacturing materials and…