ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Forward Operating Bases are typically surrounded by barbed wire, concrete barriers, gates, watchtowers and other infrastructures. A new material – aluminum foam – may be ...

Learn more about the water-filled aluminum eggshells that could help absorb the impact of space debris as future space missions launch. It’s been nearly 60 years since humanity first set foot on the ...

There are nearly 1 million pieces of debris larger than 1 centimeter (0.4 inch) in near-Earth orbit. As we continue launching spacecraft and telescopes to explore the universe, this debris poses a ...

Water-filled aluminum capsules shaped like chicken eggs — arranged in tight arrays and sandwiched between two aluminum plates — reduced the velocity of a hypervelocity projectile by nearly 65% in ...