Materials and Structures

This ‘jungle’ of coiled nanotubes could lead to tougher composites

By Paul Marks April 22, 2025

Materials and Structures

Cutting the cost of thermal protection

By Keith Button April 1, 2024

Materials and Structures

Material riddle

By Aerospace America March 1, 2024

Materials and Structures

A new shape for small spacecraft

By Paul Marks March 1, 2024

Materials and Structures

Taming dead satellites

By Paul Marks January 1, 2024

Materials and Structures

Paving the moon

By Paul Marks November 1, 2023

Materials and Structures

Up next in commercialization: hypersonic testing

By Keith Button November 1, 2023

Materials and Structures

Fixing Starship

By Jonathan O'Callaghan July 1, 2023

Materials and Structures

The dark side of green

By Keith Button June 1, 2023

Materials and Structures

Battery breakthrough

By Keith Button March 1, 2023

Materials and Structures

This inflatable heat shield could be how humans land on Mars

By Paul Brinkmann October 26, 2022

Materials and Structures

Creating alternatives to rare earth alloys

By Keith Button March 1, 2022

Materials and Structures

Faith in batteries

By Keith Button October 1, 2021

Materials and Structures

Killer coating

By Cat Hofacker June 1, 2021

Materials and Structures

Eye on laser fusion

By Keith Button February 1, 2021

Materials and Structures

Scaling up

By Jan Tegler January 1, 2021

Materials and Structures

Modeling structural strength

By The AIAA Communications Team November 1, 2020

Materials and Structures

Resetting expectations for carbon nanotubes

By Adam Hadhazy November 1, 2020

Materials and Structures

3D-printed ceramics

By Keith Button March 1, 2020

Materials and Structures

Out-of-oven curing

By Keith Button February 1, 2020

Materials and Structures

Testing vortex generators that get out of the way

By Christine Fisher January 1, 2020

Materials and Structures

Aircraft from algae

By Adam Hadhazy September 2, 2019

Materials and Structures

Emergency landing due to loose engine part “almost unheard of”

By Cat Hofacker July 11, 2019

Materials and Structures

Glowing under strain

By Keith Button March 1, 2019

Materials and Structures

NASA report to chart new approach to aircraft design

By Keith Button February 1, 2018

Materials and Structures

Taking on delamination

By Ben Iannotta February 1, 2018

Materials and Structures

X-ray vision

By Aerospace America January 2, 2018

Materials and Structures

3-D center joins real, virtual design

By Joe Stumpe May 31, 2017

Materials and Structures

Protecting turbine blades

By Aerospace America May 31, 2017

Materials and Structures

Focused on the small things

By Keith Button May 1, 2017

Materials and Structures

Ultimate hands-on experience

By Aerospace America January 27, 2017

Materials and Structures

The Buzz Over Batteries

By Keith Button October 18, 2016

Materials and Structures

Nanotubes for stronger composites

By Debra Werner October 18, 2016