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SwRI Delivers Ultraviolet Spectrograph for Jupiter Mission
SAN ANTONIO, March 5, 2020 — An ultraviolet spectrograph (UVS) designed and built by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is the first scientific instrument to be delivered for integration onto the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft....
Robotic Machine Vision Solution Can Process Shiny Objects
SAN ANTONIO, April 12, 2019 — A solution that enables industrial robots to scan and manipulate metallic objects that have been too “shiny” for machine vision to process has been developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and ROS-Industrial, the industry...
Adversarial Learning Techniques Test Image Detection Systems
SAN ANTONIO, April 8, 2019 — Engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) are finding and documenting vulnerabilities in machine learning algorithms that can make objects “invisible” to image detection systems that use deep learning. Many of today’s...
Solar Eclipse to Aid Study of Corona, Mercury
BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 10, 2017 — A team led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) will use airborne telescopes aboard a NASA research aircraft to study the solar corona and Mercury's surface during this summer's total solar eclipse. Total solar eclipses are unique opportunities...
NASA Prototype Rocket Makes Third Flight
BOULDER, Colo., May 18, 2017 — A sounding rocket originally developed as a prototype for NASA's next generation of space-based solar spectrographs has made its third flight from White Sands, New Mexico. The Rapid Acquisition Imaging Spectrograph Experiment (RAISE), designed and...
Gemini Observatory Names Southwest Research Institute as OCTOCAM Contractor
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, April 20, 2017 — The Gemini Observatory, an international observatory partnership, has named the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) as its prime contractor to develop the OCTOCAM, a next-generation astronomical instrument to complement the 8-m Gemini South...
Technologies from Ball, Corning, Photonis, SwRI Help Image Pluto
BOULDER, Colo., July 17, 2015 — Providing never-before-seen images of Pluto, NASA's New Horizons mission used imaging and spectroscopy equipment to secure the highest-resolution images ever captured of the dwarf planet. After traveling nearly 10 years and 3 billion miles, New...
SwRI Receives $1.5M for Thin-Film Deposition Development
SAN ANTONIO, July 17, 2013 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a $1.5 million, three-year DARPA award to develop a low-thermal, thin-film deposition process for military vehicles, photovoltaics and IR missile domes.
SwRI, Collaborators Awarded SunShot Grant for CSP Combustor
SAN ANTONIO, July 27, 2012 — Southwest Research Institute and its collaborators received a $3.8 million contract from the US Department of Energy to develop a novel gas turbine combustor for a concentrating solar power hybrid gas turbine system.
Beeson Promoted to Semrock GM
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2011 — Robert Beeson was selected to succeed Michael Cumbo as general manager of optical filter manufacturer Semrock Inc., the company announced. Beeson was part of the Semrock team during its formative years in optical telecommunications, having...
Unassuming Pluto Caught Harboring Another Moon
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., July 21, 2011 — Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The tiny satellite — temporarily designated P4 — was uncovered in a survey searching for rings around the dwarf planet. ...
Surprising Gases in Moon Impact Plume
GREENBELT, Md, Oct. 26, 2010 — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and its sophisticated suite of instruments have determined that hydrogen, mercury and other volatile substances are present in permanently shaded soils on the Moon, according to a paper published in the Oct....
Earth’s UV Signature Revealed
BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 19, 2010 – On its way to rendezvous with a comet, the spacecraft Rosetta turned an eye toward Earth and recorded its ultraviolet signature. The information it collected may help astrobiologis...
SwRI Device Named Engineering Landmark
SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 28, 2006 -- A device developed by engineers at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in 1962 that characterizes the dynamic response of materials at high strain rates has been designated a historic mechanical engineering landmark by the American Society of...
SwRI to Make Lunar Instrument
Jan 18, 2005 — BOULDER, Colo.. Jan. 18 -- NASA has chosen an ultraviolet mapping spectrometer called LAMP (Lyman Alpha Mapping Project) to be developed by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and flown on the upcoming Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission....
SwRI Instruments Chosen by NASA
Jul 28, 2004 — SAN ANTONIO, July 28 -- Two science instruments to be developed by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) are part of a proposal selected by NASA as a candidate for the next mission in the agency's New Frontiers Program. NASA has selected two mission...
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