Self-assembling vehicles take flight (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers in Switzerland are developing miniature vehicles that can self-assemble and then take off vertically and fly as a stable array.
News tagged with vehicle assembly
Ford announces which cities will get first crack at Focus Electric
Ford's first all-electric, zero emissions vehicle, the Ford Focus Electric, will go on sale in late 2011. As is the case with the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf, initial availability will be limited to certain markets. Ford ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 22, 2010
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NASA's space shuttle discovery rolls off launch pad tuesday
Space shuttle Discovery is scheduled to roll back from Launch Pad 39A to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for additional work related to its final scheduled mission. The first ...
Space Exploration
Dec 21, 2010
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Think electric car set to roll out of Norway: report
Think, an electric vehicle manufacturer based in Norway, may move production to Finland as part of a restructuring plan, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang reported on Wednesday.
Business
Aug 26, 2009
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US automakers wake up to clean cars
Clean cars create jobs. The Big Three automakers, addicted to the profits they made off big SUVs, saw economic ruin in subcompacts, hybrids and battery-powered electric vehicles. But now they're all building them.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 27, 2012
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NASA engineers test rotor landing for capsules
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers brought a pair of scale model space capsules to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida to try out a rotor system that could be used in place of parachutes ...
Space Exploration
Oct 5, 2012
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NASA Completes Assembly of Ares I-X Test Rocket
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building. The Ares I-X rocket, its simulated crew module and launch abort ...
Space Exploration
Aug 17, 2009
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Creating desirable materials requires salt, but not space
(PhysOrg.com) -- When synthesizing specialized materials for energy-packed batteries, the problem is the template. The pattern for self-assembling the highly desired nanometer-sized spheres falls apart, producing irregular ...
Nanophysics
Sep 27, 2011
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Final trek for space shuttle Atlantis (Update 2)
(AP)—Accompanied by a fleet of astronauts spanning NASA's entire existence, Atlantis made a slow, solemn journey to retirement Friday, the last space shuttle to orbit the world and the last to leave NASA's nest.
Space Exploration
Nov 2, 2012
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Two of NASA's space shuttles meet nose-to-nose
(AP) -- NASA's retired space shuttles are trading places.
Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2011
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