ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly method to test a rocket part to ensure its avionics can withstand the shock from ...
Space structures are exposed to pyroshocks and other similar shocklike events during launch and whilst in operation, for example when triggering the separation mechanism with explosive bolts and ...
When a rocket goes into the extremes of our atmosphere, the rocket experiences an aggressive shock at separation stage, which could knock out the system’s avionics. Testing these avionics to ensure ...
Sandia has developed an environmentally friendly approach to shock testing space components. Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly ...