Push two metal plates together on Earth and nothing happens. Take those same plates into the vacuum of space and they can ...
Cold welding is a technique for joining two metals by pushing them together using high pressure. Credit: ISS National Laboratory A SpaceX Dragon cargo ship delivered a cold welding experiment to the ...
The SpaceX Dragon spacecraft atop the Falcon 9 rocket at Kennedy Space Center in March 2023. KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), November 1, 2024 – More than 25 payloads sponsored by the International Space ...
The University of Leicester, in partnership with welding specialist TWI Ltd, is leading the development of the UK’s first robotic welding capability for use in space. The project, called ISPARK ...