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#373 Lubricating the Lunar Frontier
Returning to the Moon is the next step, but staying there is the next leap. Abrasive and electrostatically-charged dust particles cling to every surface, and
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#361 Revisited: Space – The Robotic Age
Humanity’s furthest ever journey into space has been delayed. Again. An interruption to the flow of helium forced NASA to scrap the revised 6 March
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#350 Living in Space: The Next Generation of Astronauts
Dr Meganne Christian is a scientist and adventurer. In her research, she has studied the performance of novel materials including the use of nanoscale metals
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#345 Pinpoint Precision in Space Positioning
When launching a satellite into orbit, getting the positioning right is of paramount importance. As humanity sends more satellites into space, the vast space above
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#281 A rocket in the high street: Engineering Matters Awards 2024 Inclusion Gold Champion — Space for Everyone
The adventures of astronauts have inspired the dreams of many young people. But once those dreams collide with the reality of years of demanding training
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#275 Serving Countries to Serving Communities
For any military operation the objectives of the mission are absolutely paramount. Failure is not an option. The team is motivated to achieve a common
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#234 Microreactors: From the Moon, to the ends of the Earth
For more than a century, the UK’s Rolls-Royce have designed power systems for cars and planes, ships and submarines. Today, they are developing a novel
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#230 National Security’s New Frontlines
In our increasingly complex and interconnected world, wars are fought not only on the battlefield, but within the infrastructure that supports our society. To address
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#218 Origin stories
Engineering Matters is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week. Podcast founders Bernadette Ballantyne and Jon Young, along with the rest of the Engineering Matters team,
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#213 Revisited: Positioning Satellites in New Space
Just over a week ago, SpaceX successfully launched one of the largest rockets ever, a key step in humanity’s journey beyond the earth. While the
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Vibration experiment to create new materials in space
A UK experiment to find new ways of creating materials that could be used to produce medicines and metal alloys started its journey to the
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Solar sail mission re-enters atmosphere
The Lightsail 2 project concluded on 17 November as the craft finally re-entered and disintegrated in the Earth’s atmosphere. The project was crowdfunded by the