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| ABL
Facility | The
Anthropometry and Bioastronautics Laboratory, or ABL, provides data
for use in the design of man-machine interfaces during shirt-sleeved
and pressure-suited conditions. The limits and range of human reach
are of major concern. |
| Advanced
Technology Integration | Advanced
Technology Integration for Space and Life Sciences works to facilitate
collaborations and other relationships that will advance the technologies
needed for human space flight. |
| Engineering
Research and Technology |  The
goals of the Engineering Research and Technology, or ERT, program
include maximizing the use of the International Space Station as a
unique on-orbit laboratory. |
| Technology
Transfer | There
are several ways in which private companies can work with NASA and
reap the many benefits. Learn more about licensing opportunities and
small business research and development programs, receive technology
assistance and tap into some of the most technologically advanced
resources in the United States at NASA. |
| Robonaut |  In
the future a humanoid robot called Robonaut may be able to work side-by-side
with spacewalking astronauts or even go where the environment is too
risky for humans. Robonaut can work autonomously or while operated
by a person from inside the spacecraft. Visit the Human
Space Flight Web's Gallery to see Robonaut
images. |
| Hypervelocity
Impact Technology Facility | The
Hypervelocity Impact Technology Facility, or HITF, tests many materials
and spacebound items for their susceptibility to micrometeoroid impact
and develops ways to make them stronger and more resistant to damage.
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| Advanced
Space Propulsion Lab | The
Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory, or ASPL, is developing a new
type of rocket technology, the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma
Rocket. This plasma rocket drive is powered by electrical energy that
heats the propellant. |
| Carbon
Nanotube Project |  JSC
Engineers are working on the development and application of a material
10 to 100 times stronger than steel, yet one-sixth the weight. This
material, comprised of single-wall, carbon nanotubes, has extraordinary
characteristics that may benefit the future human exploration of space. |
