23 Apr 2018 • 1 min read

Watch SpaceX Successfully Launch NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Which Will Explore the Cosmos

NASA’s TESS spacecraft was successfully launched Wednesday by SpaceX, the first satellite designed to attempt to look deep into the cosmos.

Roughly the size of a refrigerator, TESS is NASA’s latest exoplanet hunter and will be tasked with exploring stars tens to hundreds of light-years from Earth.

The successful launch from SpaceX via its Falcon 9 rocket ended in the rocket once again landing on a drone ship after takeoff. All in all, that marks 24 successful landings for Elon Musk’s private space company with 13 drone ship recoveries.

Metals

Metal Hardness Chart: Rockwell vs Brinell vs Vickers Explained

Hardness measures how well a metal resists permanent deformation. That is, how it holds up when something harder presses into its surface. Every hardness testing method works the same way. You push an indenter into the material under a controlled load, then measure what it leaves behind. What separates Rockwell, Brinell, and Vickers is indenter shape, applied force, and how the result is read.

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Scientists Just 3D Printed One of the Hardest Metals on Earth and It Could Revolutionize Manufacturing

Creating extremely hard metals has always challenged engineers because these materials resist shaping without damage. Now, researchers at Hiroshima University have developed a new 3D-printing technique that could change how industries manufacture these advanced materials. A Breakthrough for Ultra-Hard Metals The research team successfully 3D printed tungsten carbide-cobalt (WC-Co), a materia

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Metalysis Produces Commercial-Spec C-103 Alloy Powder

Metalysis has produced C-103 alloy powder to commercial specification, creating a new source of a refractory material used in space, aerospace, defense and hypersonic systems. The niobium-hafnium-titanium alloy is valued for strength, corrosion resistance and performance in extreme heat. “C-103 was developed in the 1960s but now we are seeing a huge surge in demand,” said Metalysis CEO Nitesh S

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Foundation Alloy Raises $22M to Scale Metals Platform

Foundation Alloy has secured $22 million in Series A funding to expand its solid-state metallurgy platform and increase production of advanced alloys in the United States. The investment will support a new manufacturing facility in Massachusetts, additional production capacity in New Hampshire, and international distribution into Asia. CEO Jake Guglin summed up the company's next phase with a s

Watch SpaceX Successfully Launch NASA’s TESS Spacecraft Which Will Explore the Cosmos

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