Reinventing the Wheel - NASA
Oct 26, 2017 · Wheels on the Moon. Three major wheel designs were introduced by NASA and other international researchers for early exploration. While they were vastly different, they …
NASA’s Airless Tire Technology Rethinks Rover Tire Design with …
The wires are woven together to create an airless tire structure that has the ability to flex with the terrain, unlike current rigid wheels. The SMA material acts as a shock-absorber and can …
The SMART Tire Company
This space-age tire changes the way vehicles perform on and off road, enabling new transportation possibilities around the globe. Originally developed by NASA and now …
Superelastic Tire | T2 Portal - NASA
Innovators at NASA's Glenn Research center have developed a game changing, non-pneumatic, compliant tire. This innovation, called the Superelastic Tire, was developed for future Moon …
The Little Tires That Could… Go to Mars - NASA
May 7, 2020 · As future missions to Mars become more complex, NASA’s robotic wanderers will need new technologies to look deeper into the history of the Red Planet. One of those …
NASA’s Newest Airless Tire Was Developed for Mars Missions
Feb 1, 2018 · NASA is constantly trying to reinvent the wheel, both literally and figuratively. While satellites and probes are exploring undiscovered reaches of space, engineers and scientists …
Shape Memory Alloy Tubular Structure | T2 Portal - NASA
Innovators at NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC) have developed a next-generation, non-pneumatic, compliant tire structure based on shape memory alloy (SMA) elements. This new …
Space-Age Bicycle Wheels Using NASA Technology - Kickstarter
The SMART Tire Company is raising funds for Space-Age Bicycle Wheels Using NASA Technology on Kickstarter! Airless tires developed at NASA for Mars Rover Program, headed …
How NASA Reinvented The Wheel - Our Planet
Oct 1, 2018 · On August 6, 2012, at 05:17 UTC, NASA has successfully landed a Mini-Cooper-sized rover, Curiosity, on Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater on Mars. The 900-kg rover (899 kg, to be …
New NASA Tires Never Get Flat and Are Almost Indestructible
Nov 28, 2017 · Materials engineers at NASA have just created an exciting new tire that could help to improve transport over rough, extraterrestrial terrain.