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NASA’s Glenn Research Center developed a new flywheel-based mechanical battery system that redefined energy storage and spacecraft orientation. This innovative approach demonstrated the potential of ...

After years of being billed as the next great revolutionary means of propulsion, flywheels may finally be ready for prime time. Aside from a few modest successes, flywheels have not lived up to this ...

Instead of using discrete permanent magnets to form the rotor of a flywheel’s integrated motor/generator, magnetic powder is mixed into the composite matrix. After the flywheel has been manufactured ...