CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Background: Spacecraft A solar array is a group of solar panels that captures energy from our Sun to generate electricity as a system. Many ...

Sending stuff up to space is no easy task — even 45 years after Apollo 11. Size, weight, and cost are all massively important, so some researchers are turning to advanced origami to fold up solar ...

The ancient Japanese art of paper-folding, or origami, is already inspiring the design of the next generation of space vehicles, but now there's a new family of origami shapes that could make them ...