US Air Force opens new space lab

C4ISRNET: The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has opened a lab focused on developing materials for new deployable space structures.

Construction on the Deployable Structures Laboratory, or DeSel, began in December 2019 and opened Oct. 29, 2020. Scientists and engineers moving into the $4 million lab at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, will continue the work of the Spacecraft Component Technology Center of Excellence, which has a history of developing spacecraft structure materials.

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