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Read more at: Enabling ‘impact protection’ for successful space landings and beyond
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Enabling ‘impact protection’ for successful space landings and beyond

Unsuccessful landings are the main obstacle to the success of most space missions; this comes at a great economic cost (e.g., NASA’s Genesis rough landing). Furthermore, the quantity of space debris surrounding Earth keeps increasing very fast: there are already approximately 34,000 objects greater than 10 cm, and 128...

Read more at: Physics at Work 2022 roundup

Physics at Work 2022 roundup

The 38th edition of Physics at Work was held at the Cavendish from 20th-22nd September this year. It was brilliant to finally be able to welcome back students and teachers after having to host it online the last 2 years. This year, we hosted 1528 mainly GCSE students from 38 schools across the country and from varying...

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