New cryogenic vacuum chamber cuts noise for quantum ion trapping

Even very slight environmental noise, such as microscopic vibrations or magnetic field fluctuations a hundred times smaller ...
Yahoo Finance

GITAI's Inchworm-Type Robotic Arm Achieves TRL6 in a Thermal Vacuum Chamber Test Simulating the Lunar South Pole Environment

TORRANCE, Calif., Oct. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GITAI USA Inc. (GITAI), the world's leading space robotics startup, is pleased to announce that GITAI's Inchworm-type Robot Arm has successfully passed ...
Space.com

James Webb Space Telescope to Undergo Testing in Apollo Vacuum Chamber

HOUSTON — The scientific successor to the acclaimed Hubble Space Telescope has arrived in Houston for a pre-launch test using the historic, unparalleled facility that was built for the Apollo ...
Aviation Week

Apollo-Era Thermal-Vacuum Chamber Revived For Webb Testing

HOUSTON — An eight-year, $120 million overhaul of the world’s largest cryogenically controlled thermal vacuum chamber will soon be completed to support NASA’s $8.8 billion James Webb Space Telescope ...
SpaceRef

SSL’s New Thermal Vacuum Chamber Will Increase Production Capacity

Space Systems/Loral (SSL), a leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced progress on a new Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVC), which will increase the company’s production capacity and ...
Physics World

Thermal vacuum testing helps small-satellite research telescopes look to the stars

Astronomers at the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory are using test kit from Rydberg Vacuum Sciences to fast-track the development and qualification of a new generation of small-satellite ...