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NASA created the name Maximum Absorbency Garment to avoid using trade names. [11] Male astronauts then adopted the MAG as well. [11] In the 1990s, NASA ordered 3,200 of the diapers of the brand name Absorbencies, manufactured by a company that has folded. [8] In 2007, about a third of the supply remained. [8]
NASA spin-off technologies are commercial products and services which have been developed with the help of NASA, through research and development contracts, such as Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or STTR awards, licensing of NASA patents, use of NASA facilities, technical assistance from NASA personnel, or data from NASA research.
In 1972, astronauts on board Skylab 3 ate modified versions of Space Food Sticks to test their "gastrointestinal compatibility". [3] Space Food Sticks disappeared from North American supermarket shelves in the 1980s. They were revived by Retrofuture Products, of Port Washington, NY in 2006. Two flavors, chocolate and peanut butter, were released.
Sunetra Mendis, Eric Fossum, and Sabrina E Kemeny invented the CMOS image sensor while working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. [9] [need quotation to verify] On January 28, 1994, JPL-NASA filed U.S. patent #5,471,515, which was issued on November 28, 1995. [10] 1994 DNA computing
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The term artificial objects is closely associated with made by humans or not naturally occurring items that have been sent into space. This is a list of lists of artificial objects in space found on Wikipedia. Category:Lists of artificial objects sent into space; Category:Lists of space missions; Lists of spacecraft. Category:Lists of spacecraft
Paul C. Fisher (October 10, 1913 – October 20, 2006) was an American inventor and politician. He invented the Fisher Space Pen. [1] Fisher was born in Lebanon, Kansas, the son of Alice (Bales) and Carey Albert Fisher, a Methodist minister. [2]