On April 17, the team on the ground gave the command to activate an actuator which should have moved a pin to open a bracket and let sections of the antenna deploy into place.

The deployment was successfully executed in space Saturday, ... One hundred seventy-eight out of 178 of these actuators that had to fire the right way, I'm just so amazed and in awe of this team." ...

NASA launches world's biggest and most powerful space telescope yet 03:21. Now well beyond the moon, the James Webb Space Telescope has begun a nail-biting series of steps to safely unfurl the ...

After ESA’s Jupiter-bound space probe Juice (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) launched on April 14th of this year, it initially looked as if it had squeezed out a refreshingly uneventful deployment ...

Space Sensors and Actuators Industry size is expected to register 14.2% CAGR between 2025 and 2034 propelled by technological advancements in space sensors and actuator design.Selbyville, Delaware ...

Redwire said the array’s design uses composite booms to serve as both the primary structural elements and the deployment actuator. These are paired with a modular photovoltaic blanket assembly.

The in-orbit demonstration of the newly developed release actuator on the first test flight of Isar Aerospace’s Spectrum demonstrates how the growing start-up scene is partnering up in making ...

After nearly a full month in space, the James Webb Space Telescope, also known as JWST or Webb, is nearly at the end of its deployment work.The complicated series of deployments has seen the ...

NASA's US$10 billion James Webb Space Telescope has completed its final deployment without a mishap. Starting today at 8:53 am EST, the starboard wing of the 21-ft gold-plated primary mirror began ...