Nasa Solar Panel Origami

This is what new technology from nasa is trying to do capture the first images of planets outside our solar system and you can make your own model of the spacecraft using origami.

Nasa solar panel origami.

Imagine an orbiting power plant that wirelessly beams power down to earth using microwaves. Origami expert nasa researchers fold solar arrays for space nasa has joined forces with an origami expert to meld art and technology in the creation of foldable solar structures that could one day. Researchers at brigham young university byu and nasa s jet propulsion laboratory have figured out how to one day create. The working tabletop prototype of the.

Researchers at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory jpl are working on ways to fold up components like solar panels into neat little packages like origami that can then be deployed easily when the. Make them foldable using the ancient art of japanese origami. May 12th 2015 by glenn meyers jet propulsion laboratory researchers have engineered nasa solar panels that are based on the japanese paper folding art origami. These panels are light foldable.

Researchers say origami could be useful one day in utilizing space solar power for earth based purposes. Nasa invents a folding solar panel inspired by origami a prototype of a new solar panel inspired by origami. Brian trease at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory has been thinking about how it could be used in spacecraft. Origami has been a hot topic in technology recently.

Trease and the team created an origami like fold that can transform an 82 foot 25 meter solar panel into a much more manageable 8 9 foot 2 7 m diameter.