SDL has been a contractor for
NASA on a variety of missions for decades. Other NASA projects include: • Thermal links for
infrared instruments on the
James Webb Space Telescope. • SDL built and tested The
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) science instrument used to discover thousands of
minor planets and
asteroids. • SDL designed, manufactured, and tested the
cryogenic subsystems for the
focal plane assemblies of
Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and of
OCO-2. • Solar occultation for ice experiment (SOFIE) on board the
Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite was designed and fabricated at SDL. • The Floating Potential Measurement Unit (FPMU) designed and built by SDL monitors surface charging of the
International Space Station (ISS). • The detector electronics assemblies for the
OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS) to image the asteroid, search for
outgassing plumes, and document the sample acquisition. • Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrumentation for Shuttle (
CIRRIS 1A) flew onboard
Space Shuttle Discovery in 1991 as part of
STS-39. CIRRIS was used to measure phenomena such as
airglow and
auroral phenomenology. SDL designed, built, and tested the instrument. • A subsystem for the
Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite was built at SDL. •
WIRE was a space telescope built and tested at SDL, part of an $80 million mission. The telescope failed soon after launch and SDL representatives accepted responsibility for the failure. == References ==