The Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS), a new instrument that will measure the character and worldwide distribution of the tiny particles that make up haze, dust, air pollutants, and smoke, will do more than gather data once it’s deployed on the International Space Station in December. http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov//vis/a010000/a011600/a011637/G2014-068_CATS_Overview_ipod_lg.m4v Courtesy of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, December 16th, […]
Among the payloads scheduled for launch as early as Dec. 9 on the next SpaceX Dragon is the Cloud Aerosol Transport System (Cats), a lidar scanner that will bolster the International Space Station’s growing value as a platform for high-resolution observation of the Earth below. Using three laser wavelengths and a “depolarization-based discrimination” capability, Cats […]
ANN ARBOR, MI, Nov. 6, 2014 — Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), an advanced engineering and products company, announced that the Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) aboard NASA’s MESSENGER probe continues to operate well a decade after launch and over three years since entering orbit around Mercury. Mounted on the side of the spacecraft, FIPS observes […]
Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. 31, 2014 — Continuing the tradition of sharing their expertise with the community, Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC) has again been busy bringing their technical skills to the public. Recent programs include participating in the Aviation and Aerospace Teacher Workshop on Saturday, October 18, at the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Aviation […]