Southern Research’s AIRS technology records spacecraft’s return for NASA

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Southern Research’s AIRS technology records spacecraft’s return for NASA

Southern Research’s unique high-altitude HD video recording system provided NASA with dramatic close-up images of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft as it descended through Earth’s atmosphere for a splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean in March.

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NASA awards SR $10M contract for AIRS support

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NASA awards SR $10M contract for AIRS support

Southern Research has been awarded a 5-year sole source contract renewal from NASA in the amount of $9.95 million to provide continued support of the Airborne Imaging and Recording System (AIRS) used on WB-57 research aircraft for more than a decade. This is the second sole source contract rec...

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Airborne Imaging and Recording System (AIRS) Tenth Anniversary

Engineering

Airborne Imaging and Recording System (AIRS) Tenth Anniversary

July 26, 2015, marked the tenth anniversary of NASA’s Space Shuttle Return to Flight. On July 26, 2005, the Space Shuttle Return to Flight occurred with the launch of STS-114, the Shuttle mission that...

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