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May 08, 2013

NASA Partners With Utah State University's Space Dynamics Lab
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 08, 2013
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Innovative Partnerships Office in Greenbelt, Md., has entered into a Space Act Agreement with Utah State University's Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL), North Logan, Utah, to develop a high-resolution optical encoder. The partnership, funded by SDL through a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement, allows for the joint development of a high-resolution cryogenic optical encoder - an angular position sensor - to be used in conjunction with the laboratory's large, evacua ... read more

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