WABI reports on leak-detection system launch party
WABI-TV5 reported on Friday’s party at the Emera Astronomy Center to celebrate the University of Maine-designed wireless leak detection system going to the International Space Station (ISS). The prototype, tested by NASA and in the inflatable lunar habitat and Wireless Sensing Laboratory (WiSe-Net Lab) at UMaine, alerts astronauts to potentially dangerous leaks of heat and air. The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) in Tanegashima, Japan launched the payload onboard an HTV6 rocket that resupplies the ISS. The project also was mentioned in the Maine Startups Insider column.