Cryogenic

NASA faces challenges in managing cryogenic fluids essential for space missions, necessitating new technologies for storage and transfer to support future Moon and Mars explorations. Credit: NASAInnovations in cryogenic fluid management by NASA aim to ensure the success of prolonged human space exploration, particularly for the Artemis missions and beyond.Establishing sustained operations at the Moon and Mars presents a multitude of opportunities and challenges NASA has yet to encounter. Many of these activities require…

Searching for Dark Photon Dark Matter with a Cryogenic Millimeter-Wave Receiver. Credit: KyotoU Global Comms/Shunsuke AdachiMillimeter-wave technologies assist in examining ‘light’ dark matter.Scientists at Kyoto University have developed an experimental method to examine ultra-light dark matter by observing its gravitational effects on visible matter. Using millimeter-wave sensing in cryogenic conditions, the team achieved experimental parameters for unexplored mass ranges of dark <span class="glossaryLink"…

SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASAArtemis I Launch Director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson has confirmed all objectives have been met for the cryogenic demonstration test, and teams are now proceeding with critical safing activities and preparations for draining the rocket’s tanks. After encountering a hydrogen leak in a cavity in the tail service mast umbilical early in the loading process, engineers were able to troubleshoot the issue and proceed with the planned activities.Artemis I Launch Director Charlie…

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B on Monday, August 29, 2022, as the Artemis I launch teams load more than 700,000 gallons of cryogenic propellants including liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as the launch countdown progresses at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div…

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket is seen at Launch Pad 39B Thursday, September 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida as teams worked to replace the seal on an interface, called the quick disconnect, between the liquid hydrogen fuel feed line on the mobile launcher and the rocket. Credit: NASA/Chad Siwik<span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the…