Mini NASA Methane Sensor Makes Successful Flight Test

Mini NASA Methane Sensor Makes Successful Flight Test Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 30, 2016 - As part of a project to improve safety in the energy pipeline industry, researchers have successfully flight-tested a miniature methane gas sensor developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, on a Vertical Take-off and Landing small unmanned aerial system (sUAS). The sensor, similar to one developed by JPL for use on Mars, enables detection of methane with much high ... more

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