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Spinoff story
Spacecraft: The Ultimate Indoor Environment
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
TFI Environmental Inc. of Toronto based several of its Respicaire air purifiers on Marshall Space Flight Center-funded research into the use of photocatalytic oxidation to scrub the air in a spaceborne plant growth chamber. TFI’s devices proved able to kill the novel coronavirus and found widespread demand during the pandemic.