Engineers at the Sandia National Laboratories have figured how to test the large forces experienced by rocket avionics systems with a more environmentally friendly method. When a rocket goes into the ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories has successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly method to test a rocket part to ensure its avionics can withstand the shock from ...

Sandia has developed an environmentally friendly approach to shock testing space components. Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories successfully demonstrated a new, more environmentally friendly ...

Space structures are exposed to pyroshocks and other similar shocklike events during launch and whilst in operation, for example when triggering the separation mechanism with explosive bolts and ...