Composite Mirror Applications Launches Large Optics on Space Shuttle Endeavour

Composite Mirror Applications Launches Large Optics on Space Shuttle Endeavour

(Tucson, AZ · May, 16th 2011) — Today, NASA launched the Space Shuttle Endeavour (STS-134) with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02) and the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE 8), both to be installed on the International ...

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CMA recieves LCH Industry Award at CERN, Geneva

CMA recieves LCH Industry Award at CERN, Geneva

Composite Mirror Applications (CMA) of Tucson AZ was awarded by CERN in Geneva Switzerland for producing hardware for LHCb . CMA was awarded for outstanding Performance in its contribution to the Ring Imaging Cherenkov Detector (RICH 1) ...

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CFRP Optics Exhibit Long-term Stability in Chile

CFRP Optics Exhibit Long-term Stability in Chile

APEX 5 years ago, CMA produced the first 0.75m subreflector for the 12-m Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope, located at 16,000 ft elevation on the Atacama Plateau in Chile. Produced entirely from replicated carbon composites, the subreflector was ...

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