Kilopower Media Event

NASA researchers study titanium water heat pipes in lunar and Martian gravity during a 2013 parabolic flight test. The Flight Opportunities program funded the parabolic and suborbital flights that matured the Kilopower titanium water heat pipes by exposing them to a space-relevant environment. From left to right: Max Briggs (NASA’s Glenn Research Center), Paul DeLeon (NASA’s Ames Research Center), Jim Sanzi (Vantage Partners) and Marc Gibson (Glenn).

Credit: NASA