Inside this issue
Features
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Application Briefs
Software Manages Mission Data from Saturn and Mars Exploration
Prototype Helps Astronauts Use Robot on International Space Station
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Who's Who
Dr. Robert Okojie, Research Electronics Engineer, NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland OH
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Articles
NASA Looks to Make Tractor Beams a Reality
New NASA Material Redefines “Dark”
New Video Documents Three-Year Trek by Mars Rover
Expanding the Use of Smart Operator Panels
Vote for NASA Tech Briefs’ 17th Annual Readers’ Choice Awards
Tech Briefs
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Bio-Medical
Radiation Protection Using Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Derivatives
PMA-PhyloChip DNA Microarray To Elucidate Viable Microbial Community Structure
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Physical Sciences
All-Solid-State 2.45-to-2.78-THz Source
Distributed Capacitive Sensor for Sample Mass Measurement
Reflective Occultation Mask for Evaluation of Occulter Designs for Planet Finding
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Manufacturing & Prototyping
Cryo-Etched Black Silicon for Use as Optical Black
Correcting Thermal Deformations in an Active Composite Reflector
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Materials
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Information Sciences
Framework for Integrating Science Data Processing Algorithms Into Process Control Systems
Time Synchronization and Distribution Mechanisms for Space Networks
Minimum Landing Error Powered- Descent Guidance for Planetary Missions
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Mechanics & Machinery
Graph Theory Roots of Spatial Operators for Kinematics and Dynamics
Spacesuit Soft Upper Torso Sizing Systems
Thermionic Power Cell To Harness Heat Energies for Geothermal Applications
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Electronics & Computers
SNE Industrial Fieldbus Interface
Cryogenic 160-GHz MMIC Heterodyne Receiver Module
Onboard Interferometric SAR Processor for the Ka-band Radar Interferometer (KaRIn)
XMOS XC-2 Development Board for Mechanical Control and Data Collection
Ka-Band, Multi- Gigabit-Per-Second Transceiver
Receiver Gain Modulation Circuit
CoNNeCT Baseband Processor Module
Digital Interface Board to Control Phase and Amplitude of Four Channels
NEXUS Scalable and Distributed Next-Generation Avionics Bus for Space Missions
Products
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Applications
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Products
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