Vibrational and Thermal Isolator for Spacecraft Electronics

Engineers at Johnson Space Center have invented a relatively inexpensive, lightweight device that provides vibrational and thermal isolation for low-power electronic equipment. The device was developed for use in outer space, where it has already proven successful in connection with the Inter-Mars tissue-equivalent proportional counter on shuttle flights and in a gas proportional counter flown aboard the satellite of the TRW Small Spacecraft Technology Initiative. The device could also be used on Earth to isolate sensitive items from extremes of temperature and vibration.