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![TTTech products like this 24-port AFDX Switch A600 Pro, which meets civil aerospace standards for bandwidth-regulated traffic filtering and policing, are built on Time-Triggered Ethernet technology the company refined and expanded under a NASA subcontract to develop avionics for the Orion space capsule. TTTech’s 24-port AFDX Switch A600 Pro](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/t_18_web_2.jpg?itok=LBEldEgV)
![TTTech products like this 24-port AFDX Switch A600 Pro, which meets civil aerospace standards for bandwidth-regulated traffic filtering and policing, are built on Time-Triggered Ethernet technology the company refined and expanded under a NASA subcontract to develop avionics for the Orion space capsule. TTTech’s 24-port AFDX Switch A600 Pro](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/t_18_web_2.jpg?itok=D-9P4W4w)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/t_4.html
2018
![When Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon, he made history. Now a virtual reality program uses real NASA imagery and other resources to recreate the experience. Rendering of an astronaut on the Moon walking in front of the lander](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/cg_25_web_0.jpg?itok=XmkJ-DmN)
![When Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon, he made history. Now a virtual reality program uses real NASA imagery and other resources to recreate the experience. Rendering of an astronaut on the Moon walking in front of the lander](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/cg_25_web_0.jpg?itok=yfoGNOmg)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/cg_1.html
2018
![The same oxidation process that kills microbes also causes metal to rust. One of the challenges the NASA consulting helped EP+R overcome was to ensure the sterilizing mist wouldn’t rust or otherwise harm the ambulance engine or any of the delicate electronics on board. Rusted gears and chains](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2018_Images_hm9.jpg?itok=85aZUNza)
![The same oxidation process that kills microbes also causes metal to rust. One of the challenges the NASA consulting helped EP+R overcome was to ensure the sterilizing mist wouldn’t rust or otherwise harm the ambulance engine or any of the delicate electronics on board. Rusted gears and chains](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2018_Images_hm9.jpg?itok=VKFtmXWs)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/hm_1.html
2018
![CFD Research Corporation used Silva’s Reduced Order Modeling software in a project to design aircraft with an extra-long wing span to increase fuel efficiency. Designs were tested on the X-56 MUTT, which stands for multi-use technology test bed. X-56 MUTT, or multi-use test bed, in flight](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/t_8_web_2.jpg?itok=CmsUGlGQ)
![CFD Research Corporation used Silva’s Reduced Order Modeling software in a project to design aircraft with an extra-long wing span to increase fuel efficiency. Designs were tested on the X-56 MUTT, which stands for multi-use technology test bed. X-56 MUTT, or multi-use test bed, in flight](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/t_8_web_2.jpg?itok=UmdWo4yq)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/t_5.html
2018
![Aerus has adapted its NASA-derived ActivePure technology to a variety of products. The Beyond Guardian Air unit (top) can purify the air in a 2,000 square-foot space at one air change per hour, while the Laundry Pro product line (bottom) makes unlikely use of this air-purification technology with units that hook up to clothes washing machines to eliminate the need for detergent, bleach, and hot water. Aerus Beyond Guardian Air unit](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2018_Images_cg3.png?itok=_IOt1YCD)
![Aerus has adapted its NASA-derived ActivePure technology to a variety of products. The Beyond Guardian Air unit (top) can purify the air in a 2,000 square-foot space at one air change per hour, while the Laundry Pro product line (bottom) makes unlikely use of this air-purification technology with units that hook up to clothes washing machines to eliminate the need for detergent, bleach, and hot water. Aerus Beyond Guardian Air unit](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2018_Images_cg3.png?itok=N4luCb24)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/cg_2.html
2018
![These images from Wind-US show how a jet engine intake duct can be broken into a handful of zones and thousands of tiny cells for analysis. The cells can take on a variety of shapes. Visualization of jet engine intake duct with Wind-US](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/it_18_web_0.jpg?itok=Uh8KKCdG)
![These images from Wind-US show how a jet engine intake duct can be broken into a handful of zones and thousands of tiny cells for analysis. The cells can take on a variety of shapes. Visualization of jet engine intake duct with Wind-US](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/it_18_web_0.jpg?itok=WMXFHGDh)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/it_5.html
2018
![Concept Zero recently partnered with artist Linden Gledhill to launch a line of Gledhill’s art. He created the images by using a magnetic field to manipulate ferrofluids diluted with solvents and photographing the results. Ferrofluid art by Linden Gledhill](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2018_Images_cg13.jpg?itok=XvpdzqEj)
![Concept Zero recently partnered with artist Linden Gledhill to launch a line of Gledhill’s art. He created the images by using a magnetic field to manipulate ferrofluids diluted with solvents and photographing the results. Ferrofluid art by Linden Gledhill](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2018_Images_cg13.jpg?itok=oQk57jtU)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/cg_3.html
2018
![A CryoViz image shows stem cells tagged with fluorescent markers in a mouse liver. After a specimen, usually a mouse, is frozen in a block, the device shaves thin slices off the block, taking multiple high-resolution images of the block face to create a three-dimensional image showing the location of every tagged cell within the body. A CryoViz image showing tagged stem cells in a mouse liver](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/2020-08/hm_4_web_2.jpg?itok=8inzTCbN)
![A CryoViz image shows stem cells tagged with fluorescent markers in a mouse liver. After a specimen, usually a mouse, is frozen in a block, the device shaves thin slices off the block, taking multiple high-resolution images of the block face to create a three-dimensional image showing the location of every tagged cell within the body. A CryoViz image showing tagged stem cells in a mouse liver](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/2020-08/hm_4_web_2.jpg?itok=hMM_COkZ)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/hm_3.html
2018
![While The Martian Garden sold enough gardening kits to meet its Kickstarter fundraising goal, the company has seen greater success with its individual bags of its Mars surface simulant, a mixture based on JPL testing that found crushed basalt from a quarry in the Mojave Desert to be similar to the surface of the Red Planet. It’s marketed in packages of up to 10 pounds. Bag of Mars surface simulant](/sites/default/files/styles/search_/public/Spinoff2018_Images_cg18.png?itok=OJaeVgRf)
![While The Martian Garden sold enough gardening kits to meet its Kickstarter fundraising goal, the company has seen greater success with its individual bags of its Mars surface simulant, a mixture based on JPL testing that found crushed basalt from a quarry in the Mojave Desert to be similar to the surface of the Red Planet. It’s marketed in packages of up to 10 pounds. Bag of Mars surface simulant](/sites/default/files/styles/pdf/public/Spinoff2018_Images_cg18.png?itok=3iwqjXoi)
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2018/cg_4.html
2018