Sandia tests heat shields for space
In support of two NASA missions, Sandia’s solar tower harnessed the power of the sun to expose aerospace materials to intense heat, replicating the harsh conditions of faster-than-sound flight and atmospheric reentry.
Deflecting doom: How Sandia research could save Earth from asteroids
Free-floating experiments at Z machine provide data to prepare for the unimaginable.
There goes the sun: annular solar eclipse
The Oct. 14 annular eclipse as seen at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility.
Happy 60th birthday to Vela, watchman for nuclear detonations
Labs historian recounts the story behind the satellites launched to explore the feasibility of detecting nuclear detonations in outer space.
Beyond Bennu: How OSIRIS-REx is helping scientists study the sonic signature of meteoroids
Scientists hope data will improve detection of hypersonic objects.
Computer model of atmosphere finalist for prestigious new prize
A record-setting feat on the world’s first exascale supercomputer contends for a Gordon Bell award.
Testing new technology and research on orbit
Labs researchers and engineers are creating a process that uses the International Space Station as a proving ground to rapidly test and mature technology in space.
Build-a-satellite program could fast track national security space missions
Valhalla, a modeling framework developed at Sandia, uses high-performance computing to design satellites, saving researchers months of creating preliminary designs.
Look who’s turning 25
The Z Pulsed Power Facility, or Z machine, celebrates a history of power and innovation at Sandia.
Sandia-developed solar cell technology reaches space on board small satellite
mPower Technology’s DragonSCALES was initially developed at the Labs to reduce the cost of creating solar technology and increase its efficiencies. Future projects may take the technology as far as the moon.