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Self-repairing spacecraft could change future missions


In brief - A new self-monitoring and self-healing carbon-fibre composite material has been developed by CompPair in collaboration with Com&Sens and CSEM as part of the European Space Agency’s ‘First!’ iniative. - Project Cassandra has shown Healtech material can be heated in place to repair cracks that might form during use.

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