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Mission-Related
Spinoffs
+ Apollo
+ International
Space Station
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Shuttle
Related Links
+ History of Tech Transfer/Prospects for the Future
+ SBIR/STTR Hallmarks of Success Videos
NASA FACT
Freeze-dried ice cream was taken into space only
one time, in 1968 on Apollo 7 when astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele,
and Walter Cunningham tested the Earth orbit of the Apollo Command
Module in preparation for the future Moon landing.
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NASA Spinoff
Current Issue Spinoff 2007
Spinoff is NASA's annual premiere publication featuring successfully
commercialized NASA technology. For more than 40 years, the NASA
Commercial Technology Program has facilitated the transfer of NASA
technology to the private sector, benefitting global competition and
the economy. The resulting commercialization has contributed to the
development of commercial products and services in the fields of health
and medicine, industry, consumer goods, transportation, public safety,
computer technology, and environmental resources. Since 1976, Spinoff has featured between 40 and 50 of these commercial
products annually. Spinoff maintains a searchable
database of every technology published since its inception. If you
think you have the makings of a spinoff, please contact us through the contributor
form.
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SPINOFF
SPOTLIGHT
Reflecting on Space Benefits: A
Shining Example
The shiny, reflective radiant barrier technology used to protect
people and equipment on virtually all manned and unmanned NASA space missions
is in use all over Earth, protecting people from the elements.
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The
Proven Solution for Cleaning Up Oil Spills
Industry scientists worked
with researchers at the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory and Marshall Space Flight
Center in the early 1990s to develop
a petroleum remediation product,
PRP, now available to consumers and
industry that enables them to safely
and permanently clean petroleum-based
pollutants from water.
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From
Rockets to Racecars
Low-temperature oxidation catalysts
developed to enhance the operational life
of carbon dioxide lasers are being used
in the high-speed motor sports arena as
air purifiers, so professional racecar
drivers do not get carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Space
Suit Spins
Over several decades,
the manufacturer of NASA’s space suits
has managed to develop a wide range of
uses for the space-born textiles, with
applications ranging from pharmaceutical
manufacturing to the creation of lighter-than-air
vehicles.
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Space-Proven
Medical Monitor: The Total Patient-Care
Package
Monitoring
man’s biophysical reactions to space has
played an important role in developing
better patient-monitoring systems here
on Earth.
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NASA Official: Janelle Turner
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