The term “vacuum” means many different things depending whether you are working on space equipment, scientific instruments, or even internal combustion engines. In our sphere it is so often used as a ...

When you need to test hardware designed to operate in the vast reaches of space, you start in a vacuum chamber. NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland has many of them, but Vacuum Chamber 5 (VF-5) ...

Some proponents of Flat Earth theory – the erroneous idea that Earth is flat instead of a globe – also believe that space is an illusion or a hoax. A meme currently circulating on social media and ...

There’s nothing like a true hack, where something useful is concocted from bits of scrap and bargain store finds. Builds like these are much more than the sum of their parts, especially when they ...

Stan Grisnik describes how NASA’s huge craft-testing facility can recreate the vacuum conditions of space. Inside the Space Power Facility The cost of failure of a space mission is millions or even ...

Figure 1. Vacuum chamber (left) and hot bond controller (right) along with a vacuum source for the inner bag and chamber are all connected and ready to run a double vacuum debulk (DVD) process. Inset ...

Lightweight and non-magnetic, aluminum offers superior UHV characteristics and is easy to machine, making it an ideal material for many applications. Aluminum - The Unsung Hero for Non-magnetic Vacuum ...