Tag: International Space Station
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Timepix: from CERN’s galleries to the Moon
The renowned Timepix detector celebrates its 10-year anniversary on the International Space Station by flying to the Moon: the chip features in NASA’s future lunar programme BROKEN IMAGE NOT MOVED (drupal url : https://medipix.web.cern.ch//news/news/timepix/timepix-cerns-galleries-moon) In July 1969, just a few days after the first Moon landing, CERN’s then Director-General, Bernard Gregory, sent the following message…
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Medipix: Two decades of turning technology into applications
The story of how detector components ended up in medical imaging, in art restoration and even in space. How could microchips developed for detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) be used beyond high-energy physics? This was a question that led to the Medipix and Timepix families of pixel-sensor chips. Researchers saw many possible applications…
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NASA, CERN Timepix Technology Advances Miniaturized Radiation Detection
As we prepare to send the first woman and next man to the Moon and on to Mars, NASA, with support from the University of Houston, has been working to develop advanced radiation detectors to better protect astronauts and vital spacecraft systems. As we prepare to send the first woman and next man to the…
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Timepix detectors track cosmic radiation on the ISS
Timepix detectors are USB-powered particle trackers based on Medipix technology developed at CERN. Timepix detectors are USB-powered particle trackers based on Medipix technology developed at CERN. Each detector consists of the Medipix chip coupled to a silicon sensor and incorporated into a readout system about the size of a USB pen drive, developed at the…
