Interfaceforce makes its contribution to human flight success
As a provider of Premium force measurement solutions interface load cells, Torque transducer and specialty products commonly used by leading manufacturers, engineers, product designers and testing laboratories to drive innovation and industry advancements. Our products are used for developments and improvements in aerospace and defense, automotive, medical, industrial automation and more.
One of these industries in which Interface has played an important role as a solution provider for decades is the space industry. This includes providing products and services for the development and construction of space technologies such as robotics and launch systems, as well as sensors for testing space-qualified components, structures, satellites, observation devices, spacecraft and more.
In our case study of our work with NASA, it is clear that our rocket and structural testing solutions have been used for many years by those driving space exploration. In fact, aircraft, spacecraft, military and defense companies such as Boeing, Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Bombardier, Embraer, Gulfstream, Cessna and others have turned to interface load cells for thrust, wing, static, fatigue testing and more leave . While many types of LowProfile™ load cells are used in structural testing applications, Interface also offers a variety of load pins, load shackles, tension links, load sheaves, load button load cells and miniature tension and compression load cells for testing, production and control vehicle and monitoring applications spacecraft.
We recently attended the industry's Space Tech Expo, demonstrating the products and services we offer to those who design and build spacecraft to send people and cargo into orbit. We've highlighted some of the solutions we've described in these resources:
- Rocket structure tests
- Interface and the Space Race
- Force measurement for space travel
- Aerospace and Defense
Commercial space travel has also been a hot topic in recent years, as tech giants created their own space program to take civilians into space. These organizations include SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic and more. Interface was hired to help provide force measurement solutions to many of these companies. In fact, Interface was recently recognized by Blue Origin for its contribution to their first suborbital launch with humans on board, the 16th New Shepard flight (NS-16).
With NS-16, Blue Origin successfully launched humans aboard the New Shepard 4 rocket. The crew consisted of Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos, 82-year-old Wally Funk and 18-year-old Oliver Daemen. From takeoff to landing, the crew's official deployment time was 10 minutes 10 seconds. The crew spent a few minutes in zero gravity and reached an altitude of 107 km (351.210 feet), similar to previous test flights.
Interface has received a special certificate and historic patch from Blue Origin for our participation in the first human flight. Notably, Blue Origin has acknowledged Interface with the following statement:
Excellent performance is the basis for the success of our two companies. We sincerely thank Interface employees for demonstrating their commitment to the high standards of performance required to meet customer expectations.
Our work in the space industry is very important to us as it requires the highest level of quality and accuracy. Interface prides itself on developing solutions for every need, and our ability to contribute to this launch and many of the other NASA or commercial launches across the country are a testament to those capabilities.
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