Space-based nuclear detonation detection mission endures
The final Global Burst Detection system in a series launches. The team begins preparing the next series as part of a mission that has lasted more than 60 years.
Asteroid hunting using heliostats?
A Sandia scientist puts the Labs’ field of mirrors to work on the nightshift to detect near-Earth objects.
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.
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.