Your nerves transmit messages within the brain, as well as among the brain, spinal cord, and the body. In order to do this, they use a combination of electrical and chemical signaling. Motor neurons ...

Small brushless motors and LiPo batteries are one of the most impressive bits of technology popularized in recent years. Just a few years ago, RC aircraft were powered by either anemic brushed motors ...

Brushless motors have a lot of advantages over traditional brushed motors. However, testing them can be a bit of a pain. Because the resistance of the motor’s coils is usually very low, a standard ...

A testing machine can be used to push, pull or twist a sample of the material in order to determine the mechanical properties of a material. Many materials are strain rate sensitive which means that ...

“Knowledge is power,” goes the old adage, but at the front line of manufacturing today “power” is becoming more knowledgeable. That is the effect of digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0 initiatives, ...

NASA’s Space Shuttle program successfully test fired its first Flight Verification Motor — a test to further validate the five-year lifespan of a Reusable Solid Rocket Motor — Thursday, Feb. 17, at a ...

NASA’s Space Shuttle program successfully fired its first Production Rate Motor Tuesday, Aug. 16, at a Utah test facility. The two-minute static, or stationary, firing of the rocket motor was ...

How the challenges of electric-motor control design can be overcome using digital twins in all design and test phases. How automated testing within a continuous and integrated toolchain is able to ...

The US Air Force (USAF) and Northrop Grumman have achieved a key milestone in the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) modernisation by completing the full-scale qualification ...

The City Council in McGregor on Monday night passed a series of ordinances aimed at reducing noise and vibration caused by rocket motor testing at the SpaceX facility. Officials at SpaceX agreed to ...

Mojave, California–based Evolution Space has a new deal with NASA to begin building a solid propulsion center and solid rocket motor testing at the agency’s Stennis Space Center, which will see former ...

NASA has completed the final test of the attitude control motor for its Orion spacecraft, which is set to carry astronauts to the moon by 2024 as part of the Artemis project. “On February 25, NASA ...