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International Search and Rescue System
International Search and Rescue System

NASA pioneered the technology now used by the international search and rescue system known as Cospas-Sarsat.

Truck Aerodynamics
Truck Aerodynamics

NASA’s contributions to truck design have greatly reduced fuel consumption, perhaps by as much as 6,800 gallons per year for…

Shock Absorbers for Buildings and Bridges
Shock Absorbers for Buildings and Bridges

Shock absorbers originally used to protect spacecraft and launch pad equipment during the extreme conditions of shuttle launches are now…

Advanced Water Filtration
Advanced Water Filtration

A nanofiber filter devised to purify water in orbit is currently at work on Earth, in devices that supply water…

OpenStack Cloud Computing Platform
OpenStack Cloud Computing Platform

An effort at Ames Research Center to standardize NASA websites, dubbed Project Nebula, unexpectedly led to a breakthrough in cloud…

Invisible Braces
Invisible Braces

A company working with NASA invented the translucent ceramic that became the critical component of the first “invisible” dental braces,…

Supercritical Wings
Supercritical Wings

A NASA engineer’s research at Langley Research Center in the 1960s and ’70s to improve wing designs resulted in a…

Tensile Fabrics for Architecture
Tensile Fabrics for Architecture

A material originally developed for spacesuits can be seen all over the world in stadiums, arenas, airports, pavilions, malls, and…

Voltage Controller
Voltage Controller

A NASA-patented voltage controller has been implemented in all sorts of load-bearing electrical machines, providing only the power needed to…