NASA'sHistoricallyBlackCollegesandUniversities/MinorityServingInstitutions(HBCUs/MSIs)TechnologyInfusionRoadTour@UTEP

Optical Multi-Gas Monitor Technology Demonstration on the International Space Station

Jeffrey S. Pi lgrim, Wil l iam R. Wood, Miguel E. Casias, and Paul D. Mudgett

TheUniversityofTexasatElPaso

Vista Photonics Inc.

www.vistaphotonics.com

April20,2016

Vista Photonics, Inc.

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• Established 2003 in Santa Fe, NM• Las Cruces, NM move in 2014• 5 employees, contract R&D• Optical detection technology• 1st Phase One 2004, 1st Phase Two 2006

Core work with NASA

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 2005-2008WMSPhotoacousticCPM(GRCSBIR)◦ Telecomlaserdiode-based◦ HF,HCL,HCN,CO◦ FLHabitation2006conference,“toolateforCEV”(Orion)◦WSTF,GRC,JSCtesting

 2008-2010WMSPhotodetectionMCA(GRCSBIR)◦ Integratingsphereenhancement◦ Low-powerVCSELs,derivativespectroscopy◦ O2,CO2,H2O◦

WSTF,GRC,JSCtestingProjects fostered stakeholder relationships at JSC and GRC with Drs. Paul Mudgett, John Graf, and Gary Ruff

OLGA 2.0 in assembly

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MCA=OLGA=MGM (same thing)

Phase III’s•  GRC PAS CPM 2009, Gary Ruff •  JSC PAS CO 2009, John Graf •  GRC IS HF 2010, Gary Ruff •  JSC IS MCA v.1 2010, Paul Mudgett •  JSC IS MCA v.2 2011, Paul Mudgett •  JSC IS MCA v.3 2012, Paul Mudgett •  JSC IS ½ CPM 2012, Paul Mudgett •  JSC IS MGM 2013, tech demo on ISS, Paul Mudgett •  JSC/GRC IS CPM v.1 2014, Paul Mudgett & Gary Ruff •  GRC/JSC/NESC/SBIR-CRP IS CPM(+) v.2 2015, Paul Mudgett,

Gary Ruff & John Graf •  JSC IS NH3 contingency 2016, John Graf

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OLGA 3.0 before delivery

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EnclosurebyWyleIntegratedScienceandEngineeringGroup

Customelectronics 24hbatterypower Largerdisplay

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Four channel spectral dataFirstPhase3addedNH3toMCAplatform 4gasesat5Hz

Progressive OLGA versions

Multi-GasMonitorgroundunit

2011 20122013

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Multi-Gas Monitor

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OLGA4.0

EnclosureandpowersupplybyNanoRacks,LLC

Multi-Gas Monitor on ISSLaunchedNovember2013onSoyuzSPHERES-RINGSunexpectedchallenge

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MGM follow on efforts 2016singlechannelnh3sensor◦MGMtechdemostimulatedproject◦ ContingencyNH3monitor(flightcritical)◦ Commercialcrewurgency◦WSTF&JSCtestingimminent

 2016CPM(+),6gasSAFFIRE(OrbitalCygnus)◦ JSCandGRCtestinginJuly

 2016U.S.Navysubmarinetrials◦ MGMcopy◦ InterestinCPM(+)

Summary§  MGMselectedfor2015JSCCenterDirector’sTeamAward

 TechnicaldevelopmentresultedinmultipleNASATech Briefs

 Don’tletcompetitorstalkyououtofcompeting

 FindadvocatesandstakeholdersinsideNASA,generatefollow-on business

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