James LaPorta

Ex-NASA Engineer Now Guiding Manufacturers to Greater Efficiency

Ex-NASA Engineer Now Guiding Manufacturers to Greater Efficiency

March 7, 2025

Voyager 1, shown in this illustration, has operated for decades thanks to a radioisotope power system.

Inside the 'Nuclear Batteries' That Power Faraway Spacecraft

March 14, 2025

Studying a drone, addressing safety in autonomous aviation.

NASA Taps UTA To Shape Future Of Autonomous Aviation

March 14, 2025

From within the Mare Crisium impact basin, the SwRI-led Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder (LMS) is making the first geophysical measurements representative of the bulk of the Moon. Most of the Apollo missions landed in the region of linked maria to the west (left image), whose crust was later shown to be compositionally distinct (right image) as exemplified by the concentration of the element thorium. Mare Crisium provides a smooth landing site on the near side of the Moon outside of this anomalous region.

SwRI-led Sounder Instrument Deploys Across Lunar Surface

March 14, 2025

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

February 26, 2025