Perovskite Solar Cells To Conquer Space First, Earth Next
Low cost, game-changing perovskite solar cells could make a detour through outer space on their way to Earthly applications.
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The US Space Force Is Also Catching Space Solar Fever
The US Space Force is working on an orbiting quantum antenna that could play a part in the race to develop space solar technology.
Self-Repairing Solar Panels Are Heading For Space
NASA is lending its financial muscle to help an Arizona startup send its self repairing solar panels into space and meet the demand for larger, more powerful arrays.
Last Gasp For Fossil Fuels: Space Solar Is Happening
Space solar once seemed like a faraway dream, but the economic case is taking shape and the basic technology is at hand.
NASA Spacewalkers Finish Installing Roll-Out Solar Array
Expedition 69 flight engineers Woody Hoburg and Steve Bowen of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:17 p.m. EDT after 5 hours and 35 minutes. Hoburg and Bowen completed their major objective to install an IROSA (International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array) to augment power generation for the 1B power channel … [continued]
Caltech Solar Power Prototype Rides SpaceX Rocket Into Orbit (With Video)
Solar power from space is closer to reality after Caltech sent a prototype system into orbit on January 3 to test the technology.
Space Solar Power To Other Renewables: Hold My Beer
A newly launched prototype puts the US front and center in the space solar power race, and the electrofuels field is taking notice.
Spacewalkers Complete Second Roll Out Solar Array Installation
Article courtesy of NASA. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet concluded their spacewalk at 2:37 p.m. EDT [on June 25], after 6 hours and 45 minutes. In the ninth spacewalk of the year outside the International Space Station, the two astronauts installed and deployed a new ISS Roll-Out … [continued]
New Solar Arrays To Power NASA’s International Space Station Research
As the International Space Station orbits Earth, its four pairs of solar arrays soak up the sun’s energy to provide electrical power for the numerous research and science investigations conducted every day, as well as the continued operations of the orbiting platform.
