NASA exploring ultrafast lasers for manufacturing spaceflight instruments
7 November 2018
NASA optical physicists are exploring the use of femtosecond lasers to join dissimilar materials in the manufacturing of spaceflight instruments.
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The dividend of the spectrum
1 November 2018
Imaging spectroscopy offers a powerful way to understand this world and others, and optical innovations are enhancing its capabilities, finds Andy Extance
NASA laser interferometer makes first measurements
11 July 2018
The laser ranging interferometer (LRI) instrument has been successfully switched on aboard the recently launched twin US/German Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellites
Nasa tests triple-pulse lidar system to monitor greenhouse gases
28 March 2018
Nasa has recently tested an airborne lidar system that uses three simultaneous laser pulses to detect and measure two potent greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide and water vapour
