3D Spacer Fabrics: preforms for fabrics reinforced composites
The use of fabrics in the aircraft industry dates back to the construction of the wings of kites and gliders...
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Black box: improve air safety
Despite according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a passenger should carry an average of about 5.3 million commercial...
Aero-X: the flying bike
Surely you have dreamed watching Star Wars to whiz on a flying aircraft like that of Luke Skywalker, now this is the...
Perlan II: a glider for the study of ozone hole
The current environmental issues necessitates experiments that show the chemical reactions due to the ozone hole and global warming. You...
Ariane 5: a success for Avio
After about twenty years, the 73rd mission of the European launcher Ariane 5 began on Wednesday 30th July at 01:47...
Aerobraking maneuver for Venus Express: space weather bullettins
The last and most dangerous phase of the mission of the ESA probe Venus Express started on 18th June, 2014:...
Graphene, a material for the future
For some time we talk about Graphene, but now it seems that something is happening for real. 10 years after...
What is Aerospace Engineering?
The Aerospace Engineering, inserted in the field of industrial engineering, is concerned with the design, manufacture and administration of vehicles...
Solar Impulse 2, a solar powered airplane
Solar Impulse project is a four-engine high-wing ultralight aircraft, made in Switzerland, at the Federal Polytechnic of Lausanne. Primary characteristic...
SpaceX Dragon V2, the first spatial taxi
Presented in Los Angeles (California), what is called "the capsule of the 21st century": Dragon V2. It is a spacecraft...