Nasa Solar Panels Origami

The working tabletop prototype of the.

Nasa solar panels origami.

Here s a look at two technologies that block starlight to give telescopes a better view of distant earth like planets. 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. Both the thumbnail and the footage seen at 1 05 used in this video are from the compliant mechanisms research group cmr at brigham young university. 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.

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. Nasa invents a folding solar panel inspired by origami a prototype of a new solar panel inspired by origami. Origami has been a hot topic in technology recently. Brian trease at nasa s jet propulsion laboratory has been thinking about how it could be used in spacecraft.

Nasa developed origami style solar panels to be used in space images courtesy of byu nasa and jpl caltech. 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. These panels are light foldable. Unfold it and you ve got a structure 82 feet 25 meters across.

Their 1 20th scale tabletop prototype expands to a deployed diameter of 4 1 feet 1 25 meters. Last year zirbel and trease collaborated with origami expert robert lang and byu professor larry howell to develop a solar array that folds up to be 8 9 feet 2 7 meters in diameter.