Brian Trease, a researcher at NASA\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, holds a prototype of a solar panel array that folds up in the style of origami. (credit:NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Origami Solar Panel(02 of10)
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Researchers at NASA\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, and Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, collaborated to construct a prototype of a solar panel array that folds up in the style of origami, to make for easier deployment. (credit:BYU)
Origami Solar Panel(03 of10)
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Shannon Zirbel, a Ph.D. student in mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, unfolds a solar panel array that was designed using the principles of origami. She worked on this project with Brian Trease at NASA\'s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. (credit:BYU)
Origami Solar Panel(04 of10)
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Mechanical engineering PhD student Shannon Zirbel and a team of students work on a solar array prototype that uses Origami. (credit:BYU)
Origami Solar Panel(05 of10)
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Mechanical engineering PhD student Shannon Zirbel and a team of students work on a solar array prototype that uses Origami. (credit:BYU)
Origami Solar Panel(06 of10)
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Mechanical engineering PhD student Shannon Zirbel and a team of students work on a solar array prototype that uses Origami. (credit:BYU)