NASA Langley Uses Height, Gravity to Test Long, Flexible Booms
May 29, 2025
May 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 29 -- NASA issued the following news:
NASA Langley Uses Height, Gravity to Test Long, Flexible Booms
By Joe Atkinson, Public Affairs Officer, NASA Langley Research Center
Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have developed a technique to test long, flexible, composite booms for use in space in such a way that gravity helps, rather than hinders, the process. During a recent test campaign inside a 100-foot t . . .
NASA Langley Uses Height, Gravity to Test Long, Flexible Booms
By Joe Atkinson, Public Affairs Officer, NASA Langley Research Center
Researchers at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, have developed a technique to test long, flexible, composite booms for use in space in such a way that gravity helps, rather than hinders, the process. During a recent test campaign inside a 100-foot t . . .