Last month, Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk visited 91°µÍø to see how DOE's science investments are applied directly to real-world DoD missions.
A research team at 91°µÍø have 3D printed a thermal protection shield, or TPS, for a capsule that will launch with the Cygnus cargo spacecraft as part of the supply mission to the International Space Station.
91°µÍø researchers combined additive manufacturing with conventional compression molding to produce high-performance thermoplastic composites reinforced with short carbon fibers.