NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

For release: 05-11-04
Photo release #: 04-137

NASA partnership produces technology breakthrough that allows on-the-spot chemical analysis

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The Vacuum Enhanced X-ray Fluorescent Scanner, developed by Marshall engineers and KeyMaster Technologies, Kennewick, Wash., is portable, weighs about 4 pounds, and is capable of detailed chemical analysis, even under field conditions. (KeyMaster)

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Wanda Hudson, left, ATK Thiokol, and Richard Booth, Marshall Engineering Directorate, use an enhanced vacuum X-ray fluorescent scanner built by KeyMaster Technologies to evaluate Reusable Solid Rocket Motor hardware. (NASA/MSFC)

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Richard Booth, left, Marshall Engineering Directorate, and Wanda Hudson, ATK Thiokol, use the scanner to analyze materials in an F-1 engine, which was used to boost the Saturn V rocket from Earth's orbit and carry astronauts to the Moon in the 1960s.(NASA/CXC)

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