A solenoid engine is a curiosity of the electrical world. By all measures, using electricity to rotate something can be done almost any other way with greater efficiency and less hassle.

Linear solenoids convert electrical energy into mechanical power via a plunger with an axial stroke in either a push or pull action. These transducers consist of a coil of wire, sometimes wrapped ...

A vacation trailer brand constructed by Fleetwood RV, Orbit first entered the recreational product marketplace in the 2000 model year. Constructing travel trailers and fifth wheel trailers, Orbit ...

[Emiel] aka [The Practical Engineer] makes all kinds of fun projects in his fully-featured shop, and one of his tangents has been building a series of solenoid engines. These engines mimic the ...

Consequently, the target would possess a negative charge, while the tractor could attract it using electrostatics, effectively "latching on" to it, and pulling it out of orbit. Apart from monetary ...

On the same day that a crew of private spacefarers completed the first ever spacewalk by commercial astronauts, Earth’s orbit is more populated than ever. With the arrival of three people to the ...

A pair of asteroid dynamics researchers from Universidad Complutense de Madrid Ciudad Universitaria have found that a small asteroid will make one orbit around the Earth starting this month before ...

Judge Anita Josey-Herring reflects on challenges and successes during as her time as chief judge of D.C. Superior Court comes to an end. There have been about a quarter fewer opioid-related ...

SpaceX launched a new batch of its Starlink internet satellites into orbit with a rocket that, in a rarity for the company, ...

Earth orbit is busier right now than it's ever been. Three people launched toward the International Space Station (ISS) today (Sept. 11) aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule, pushing the total number of ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stuck-in-space astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams said Friday it's been tough dealing with their Boeing ride leaving without them and the prospect of spending ...

After launching early on Tuesday, the billionaire Jared Isaacman and his crew traveled to altitudes not visited by any astronaut since the Apollo moon missions of the 1960s and ’70s. By Kenneth ...