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ITOS Combining Spinoff and SBIR Technologies Yields Cost and Time Savings for NASA Missions
The Hammers Company, Inc. (tHC, Inc.) has successfully combined two technologies—ITOS and the VirtualSat™ system—to yield significant benefits for NASA missions. The ITOS (Integrated Test and Operations System) software offers command and telemetry control of spacecraft during development, test, and on-orbit operations.
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CHARMS facility Goddard’s CHARMS Facility Characterizes Material Properties for Advanced Optics
As part of reimbursable Space Act Agreements (SAAs) with the University of Oxford, the Aerospace Corporation, Harvard College Observatory, and the University of California Observatories/LICK, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center used its state-of-the-art Cryogenic High Accuracy Refraction Measuring System (CHARMS) facility to characterize material properties of prismatic samples provided by the participating organizations.
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the Puck SBIR Recipient Creates Low-Power, Lightweight Controller
Barrett Technology, Inc. has successfully created and commercialized a brushless servo electronics module. This powerful universal controller replaces controller cabinets with a device that weighs 43 grams and can be powered by batteries. The controller increases portability, lowers power consumption, and improves reliability of robotics.
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planet SBIR Company Creates Low-Cost Tool for Measuring and Polishing Mirrors
Bauer Associates, recipient of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funding from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, has developed and is commercializing a low-cost, highly reliable tool for measuring large aspheric mirror surfaces, the type found on research telescopes.
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planet NASA Goddard and Ocean Tomo Establish Groundbreaking Partnership to Commercialize NASA Technologies
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has granted an exclusive license to Ocean Tomo Federal Services for a suite of more than 40 patented and patent-pending technologies to facilitate their transfer to the private sector for commercial application.
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