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Spinoff story

Vibration Tables Shake Up Aerospace, Car Testing

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

Team Corporation has been building vibration-testing equipment for NASA since the 1950s. Most recently, the Burlington, Washington-based company built a high-powered system to test the James Webb Space Telescope at Goddard Space Flight Center. Innovations the company has made to satisfy the Agency_s requirements over the years have been used in their commercial products for testing nuclear warheads, cars, and many other items.