In order to test for possible micrometeorites impacting a spacecraft, NASA is utilizing a 2-stage light gas gun to simulate potential hazards for future space missions. The test fires a bullet with a ...

NASA's .50 caliber gas guns can fire at nearly 23,000 feet per second. The possibility of a large meteorite strike is a terrifying scenario with dramatic and deadly consequences, but a space station ...

Seven IIT Hyderabad students have engineered a low-cost light gas gun capable of launching projectiles at supersonic speeds, ...

First Light used a large two-stage hyper-velocity gas gun to launch a projectile at a target, containing the fusion fuel and achieved fusion. The projectile reached a speed of 6.5 km per second before ...

Southwest Research Institute’s two-stage light-gas gun simulates hypersonic flight conditions and allows researchers to image objects in hypersonic flight. It will be instrumental in the Institute’s ...