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Spinoff story
Inside NASA’s Pandemic Response Campaigns
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
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Overview
In mid-March, as much of the country shut down in response to the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus, engineering and technology transfer teams found ways to refocus their skills and technologies to address the COVID-19 pandemic. As rates of infection and hospitalization again tick upward in many states, several of the solutions NASA field centers came up with in the spring now teeter on the verge of widespread application.