AMETEK SCP Develops Quick Disconnect Technology for NASA Low Density Supersonic Decelerator
Innovative Cable Connector Solution Combines Both Optical and Electrical CapabilitiesContacts: Paula Christina (401) 596-6658 WESTERLY, RI — As NASA planned ever more ambitious robotic missions to Mars and beyond, it needed to develop technology to decelerate increasingly larger payloads traveling at supersonic speeds in thin atmospheres to new levels of performance. Current NASA technology dates to the Mars Viking missions of the 1970s. New technology now under development would allow larger, heavier objects to slow from supersonic entry speeds to the subsonic ground-approach speeds