Unscreened commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS) parts, in space applications are especially encouraging when the possibility of capitalizing on the extensive development for high-volume consumer applications is considered. ...

NASA’s Deep Space Network (DSN) is a mission critical facility that supports many different space missions,from LEO to deep space exploration. In recent years, as the network has suffered from increasing oversubscription, ...

We report on development of ultraviolet photon counting detectors based on the 2D-doped and atomic layer deposition (ALD) custom coated electron multiplying CCD (EMCCDs) and their deployment in a high-altitude balloon ...