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NASA Deploys Diagnostic Equipment to Manage Astronaut Health
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 19, 2022 — As NASA plans to send to astronauts farther into space and for longer durations, managing and maintaining astronauts’ health has become more important than ever. In a recent technology demonstration mission, experts from NASA’s Human Research Program’s Exploration Medical Capability (ExMC) team tested the Reusable Handheld Electrolyte and Laboratory Technology for Humans (rHEALTH) ONE biomedical analyzer, a portable device that uses laser technology to diagnose illness or
Redwire Sells Space-Manufactured Optical Crystal
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 5, 2022 — Redwire Corp., a publicly traded space infrastructure company, reported the first sale of its space-manufactured optical crystal offering to researchers at the Center for Electron Microscopy and Analysis (CEMAS), an electron microscopy facility at...
NASA to Demonstrate Self-Healing Quantum Communications Tech
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2022 — An experiment launching to the International Space Station later this year could provide the building blocks for a future global quantum network. Called the Space Entanglement and Annealing Quantum Experiment (SEAQUE), it involves a milk-carton-size...
Neural Cells Studied After Space Gravity Exposure
LOS ANGELES, July 6, 2020 — A researcher from UCLA recently sent human brain cells into space, with the goal of understanding how they react to and develop in an environment of microgravity (weightlessness). Astronauts have reported intracranial hypertension upon returning to...
NASA Gears Up for Forest Study
GREENBELT, Md., Oct. 25, 2018 — NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is set for its November launch, using high-resolution laser ranging to study Earth’s forests and topography from the International Space Station (ISS). The scientific mission seeks to answer...
ISS Experiment Payload Gleans 10K Images of Earth’s Coastal Areas
HOUSTON, Sept. 27, 2018 — During a five-year run aboard the International Space Station, the HICO and RAIDS Experiment Payload (HREP-HICO) created 10,000 valuable images of Earth’s coastal areas by combining two experimental sensors. The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal...
Brimrose AOM Implanted on International Space Station
SPARKS, Md., July 9, 2018 — An acousto-optic modulator (AOM) made by Brimrose Corp. of America has been implanted by NASA in the new Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) facility on the International Space Station (ISS). “We are delighted that our acousto-optic modulator was...
Brimrose AO Modulator Used on ISS
Sparks, Md., June 21, 2018 — A Brimrose Corporation of America acousto-optic modulator (AOM) is now being used by NASA as part of a new facility known as the Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) on the International Space Station (ISS). Fiber-coupled version of the acousto-optic...
Getting the Total Picture, Remotely
Feb 21, 2018 — Thanks to advances in photonics and image processing, scientists, farmers and others can get a better picture of what’s going on across a landscape. With cameras operating over large swaths of the spectrum and lidar capturing fine structural...
NASA to Test New Solar Array on International Space Station
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 2, 2017 — An experiment that recently arrived at the International Space Station will test a new solar array design that rolls up to form a compact cylinder for launch with significantly less mass and volume, potentially offering substantial cost savings as...
RIT, FIT Camera Being Tested on ISS
ROCHESTER, N.Y., March 23, 2017 — Imaging technology advanced by researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and the Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) is being tested on the International Space Station (ISS) and could someday be used on future space telescopes. A...
Imaging of Fish Aboard the ISS Studies Changes in Bone Mass
TOKYO, Jan. 11, 2017 — Live-imaging of medaka fish — also known as Japanese rice fish — larvae aboard the International Space Station is helping scientists study the long-term effects of microgravity on the human body. Research shows that astronauts undergo a...
P&P’s Spectrometer Heads to International Space Station
WATERLOO, Ontario, July 21, 2016 — A spectrometer made by P&P Optica is en route to the International Space Station, launched July 18 aboard the SpaceX-9 spacecraft for use during its mission to deliver several tons of supplies to the station. P&P also contributed a spectrometer to...
Design-Driven Manufacture: 3D Printing is Reshaping Industry
Oct 6, 2015 — Put down your tools and throw away those molds — 3D printing means customized complex geometries can be produced en masse at a fraction of the cost. From watch cases and spikes on running shoes, to rocket engine components and implants for the...
Tests of Space Station’s Laser Downlink Successful
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 15, 2014 — The first round of testing on an earth-to-orbit laser data link was a success, according to NASA officials. In 18 tests over four months, the Optical Payload for Lasercomm Science (OPALS) system aboard the International Space Station transmitted...
Laser System to Measure Air Pollution from Space Station
GREENBELT, Maryland, Sept. 9, 2014 — A laser system aboard the International Space Station will help scientists track pollution in the atmosphere.
Spectrometers to Track Vegetation Change from ISS
WASHINGTON, July 31, 2014 — NASA has selected two proposals for spectrometers to be used on the International Space Station for observing changes in global vegetation due to climate or land use change. A laser-based system from the University of Maryland, College Park, will...
NASA Names New Chief Technologist
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2014 — David W. Miller, a professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, has been named NASA’s new chief technologist. In this role, he will serve as principal adviser and advocate on agency-wide technology programs and policies. Also currently...
Teledyne adds partner for space imaging platform
COLOGNE, Germany – The German Aerospace Center (DLR) will develop an instrument for Teledyne Technologies Inc.’s digital imaging platform for the International Space Station. Partnering with Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc., a Teledyne subsidiary in Huntsville,...
Space Lasers Set to Protect Earth, Project Data
Nov 1, 2013 — From obliterating asteroids to nudging space trash, lasers in space are becoming every bit as futuristic as they sound. Lasers in space have long been a science-fiction writer’s delight, but with current projects such as LightForce and DE-STAR...
Teledyne Adds Partner for Space Imaging Platform
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Oct. 4, 2013 — The German Aerospace Center (DLR) will develop an instrument for Teledyne Technologies Inc.’s digital imaging platform for the International Space Station, Teledyne announced Thursday. Partnering with Teledyne’s Huntsville, Ala.,...
Space Station to Test Laser Communications
PASADENA, Calif., July 12, 2013 — NASA will begin testing laser communications technology that could dramatically improve spacecraft communication transmission rates by a factor of 10 to 100.
Vision Software Enables NASA Robonaut to See
May 1, 2012 — The first robotic visitor to the International Space Station performs difficult visual and tactile tasks in service to the human crew. The first humanoid robot astronaut boarded the International Space Station (ISS) in August 2011. Mission STS-133...
Detectors collect data for NASA droplet combustion experiments
DEXTER, Mich. – A new and more effective radiometric diagnostic device will enable the International Space Station (ISS) to collect data for droplet combustion experiments, thanks to two small infrared thermopile sensor detectors. Along with the 2.9 tons of...
Endeavour Crew Tests Critical Docking Sensor
DENVER, June 1, 2011 — In an unprecedented on-orbit maneuver, space shuttle Endeavour crew members completed the first-ever Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV)-like approach to the International Space Station as part of the Sensor Test for Orion Relative Navigation...
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