Space agency has tested rigid and ground-based versions of a state-of-the-art antenna and aims to field an aerogel-based ...

Aerogel — that mixture of air and silica — is one of those materials that seems like a miracle. It is almost not there since the material is 99% air. [NileRed] wanted to make his own and he ...

Researchers use a flat aerogel array antenna to communicate with a geostationary satellite above the Earth during tests at ...

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Traditional aerogel is more likely to fracture when exposed ... from -198 C to 900 C over a few seconds. In a separate test, the gel lost less than 1 percent of its mechanical strength after ...