Space Solar Really, Really Is Not So Spacey Any More
The space solar race is on, as research teams in the US, the UK and elsewhere around the world take a wacky idea and make it real.
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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.
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.
Space Solar Is Coming And Perovskites Are Hitching A Ride
Perovskite solar cells are among the new technologies being assessed for the ambitious space solar project under way at Caltech.
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]
Thin, Lightweight Layer Provides Radiation Barrier for Perovskites in Space, Protection From Elements on Earth
An ultrathin protective coating proves sufficient to protect a perovskite solar cell from the harmful effects of space and harden it against environmental factors on Earth, according to newly published research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). Funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Operational … [continued]
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]
