This 14-month effort will coincide with DARPA’s Orbital Express program, the goal of which is to develop the capability for performing on-orbit servicing of critical space assets. The Phase II effort will include final design of the docking and servicing mechanism along with testing of the mechanism and other subsystems at Marshall Space Flight Center’s […]
Microcosm was recently awarded a contract from NASA Marshall to study alternative cargo delivery services to the International Space Station, titled Alternative Access to Station. Michigan Aerospace is on the Microcosm team and will assist with the docking mechanism and sensor components of the system. This effort is a three-month study to identify and refine […]
Joint Optical Air Data System (JOADS) Project Summary: The Molecular Optical Air Data System (MOADS) is a compact optical instrument that can directly measure wind speed and direction, temperature, and density of the air ahead of an aircraft. From these measurements, all of the air data products can be determined. MOADS is a direct detection […]
Tidal influences on O2 atmospheric band dayglow: HRDI observations vs. model simulations (D.R. Marsh, W.R. Skinner, and V.A. Yudin), Geophys. Res. Letts. 26, No. 10, 1369-1372, 1999.
Laboratory studies of alkali metal filter deposition, ultraviolet transmission, and visible blocking, J.T. Clarke, W.R. Skinner, M.B. Vincent, T. Irgang, V. Suratkal, H. Grassl, and J.T. Trauger, Applied Optics 38, No. 9, 1803-1813, 1999.