Laser Materials Processing, Water Jet & Contract Manufacturing

Delta C Dynamics is a contributor to the Planetary Society LIFE Experiment: Phobos Project. Our Laser marking process was utilized for identifying the individual titanium biomodules in which a number microbes will be secured. The LIFE Experiment Project is designed to test the feasibility and survivability of microbes during long term deep space missions. The Russian spacecraft Grunt-Phobos is set to launch in 2009 on a

 three year round trip mission to Phobos where soil samples will be stored and

returned to the Earth in 2013.

http://planetary.org/programs/projects/life/

Model of the Phobos-Grunt
Displayed at the 2007 Paris Air Show at Le Bourget. The spacecraft will carry the LIFE experiment on a 3-year journey through deep space. Paolo Ulivi

Laser marking titanium biomodules for the LIFE Experiment: Phobos Project.

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LIFE Experiment bio-module

Our preparations for sending out microbes on a roundtrip to the Martian moon Phobos and back have shifted into high gear. We have now completed the design of the ultra-tough canister that will be the organisms' "home" during their three year trip on board the Russian Phobos-Grunt spacecraft. An engineering model of the disk-shaped canister is currently in the works, and a flight module will follow within months.

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