Media report on UMaine-created technology heading for space
ValueWalk, Mainebiz and WLBZ (Channel 2) reported on a wireless leak detection system created by University of Maine researchers that is scheduled to board a SpaceX rocket bound for the International Space Station this summer. The prototype, which was tested in the university’s inflatable lunar habitat and Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab), could lead to increased safety on the ISS and other space activities. This is the first hardware from UMaine in recent history that is expected to function in space for a long period of time, according to the researchers. In advance of the Aug. 1 launch, electrical engineering graduate students Casey Clark and Lonnie Labonte are working with NASA at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas to prepare three of the wireless leak detector boxes for flight. Phys.org and The Maine Edge published the UMaine news release.