NASA Zeros In On Flexible Radar Antennas For Mars SkyFall Mission
NASA engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have tested a flexible, violin-shaped Vivaldi radar antenna designed for the Mars SkyFall mission, successfully surviving 200 simulated landings in an electromagnetic testing chamber ahead of a planned late 2028 launch. Engineers clearing hardware milestones for upcoming Martian exploration face an unusual geometry problem: how to carry a … Read more