Tech from NASA's hurricane-hunting TROPICS rides commercial satellites

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 03, 2025

NASA science and American industry have worked hand-in-hand for more than 60 years, transforming novel technologies created with NASA research into commercial products like cochlear implants, memory-foam mattresses, and more. Now, a NASA-funded device for probing the interior of storm systems has been made a key component of commercial weather satellites. The novel atmospheric sounder was