Under the umbrella of the custom
cryogenics line, Janis Research has cooperated with NASA on several
programs. This cooperation has extended over several areas of interest.
The ARC Argus program, successor
to the ATLAS program, investigated the upper atmosphere from a balloon
platform. (See photo below.) Of interest to the program was the
tracking of inert tracer molecules for determining direction and speed.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in
cooperation with Janis, produced the first viable test hardware on the SIRTF
program. This project involved a mirror test and qualification operating
at liquid Helium temperatures. Sponsored by the LTS&E group, Janis
received a Public Service Group Achievement Award for this program.
NASA GSFC worked with Janis on the
AImS camera testing requirements. Working with UMD and the GSFC Planetary
Systems group, Janis developed a test enclosure to mimic the Mars environment
for earth-bound terrain testing.
