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Spinoff story
Deformable Mirrors Capture Exoplanet Data, Reflect Lasers
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
To image and characterize exoplanets, Goddard Space Flight Center turned to deformable mirrors (DMs). Berkeley, California-based Iris AO, Inc. worked with Goddard through the SBIR program to improve the companyճ microelectromechanical DMs, which are now being evaluated and used for biological research, industrial applications, and could even be used by drug manufacturers.