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Microscope

retired
Science ExplorationLEOCOSPAR 2016-025BLaunched 4/25/2016
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
Sentinel 1B
Launch Vehicle
Soyuz-ST-A Fregat
Launch Date
4/25/2016
Last Contact
10/16/2018
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
712.5 km
Inclination
98.24 deg
Dry Mass
303 kg
Total Mass
303 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Science Exploration
Payload Category
SCI
Payload Class
C
Organizations
Operator
French Space Agency (CNES)
Manufacturer
Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aerospatiales (ONERA)
Registry
COSPAR ID
2016-025B
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/797
Track
Mentions
13
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KAMC produced nanoscale images of individual lunar grains using a transmission electron microscope capable of imaging individual atoms.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Mar 5, 2026Lunar dust study links space weathering to changes in Moon ultraviolet brightness

Portland State University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory tested the Extant Life Volumetric Imaging System (ELVIS), a holographic microscope, on the International Space Station to study how life adapts under extreme conditions.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 4, 2026CRS-33 Returns ISS National Lab-Sponsored Payloads to Earth

Wollman and colleagues started from an open source microscope design developed at Stanford and modified it for robustness, lower cost, and easier use in harsh flight environments.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.8Feb 26, 2026Open source microscope enables low cost live cell imaging in zero gravity

The FlightScope team deployed the microscope to the Boulby underground laboratory in an old British salt mine that serves as an analogue environment for the Moon and Mars.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.6Feb 26, 2026Open source microscope enables low cost live cell imaging in zero gravity

Canadensys Aerospace is providing a Multispectral Microscope on Intuitive Machines IM-3, which is currently scheduled in Q3.

CapabilityPlanRelationshipsValue 4.0Jan 20, 2026Record number of Canadian payloads set for launch in 2026 (Updated)

Butch Wilmore conducted experiments using a 3-D printed moon microscope aboard the International Space Station.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jul 14, 2024Boeing account of NASA’s astronauts ‘extended stay’, “I have a real good feeling in my heart that this spacecraft will bring us home no problem”

Resolve Optics designed the microscope lens to provide high transmission across the 365–1000 nm spectral bandwidth and to maintain best possible focus throughout that bandwidth.

CapabilityValue 4.0Jul 19, 2022Resolve Optics is enlisted to design and supply wideband lens for Lunar Rover microscope

Resolve Optics received an order from a leading aerospace company to design and supply an optimized wide waveband lens for a multispectral microscope required for a Moon exploration mission.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.6Jul 19, 2022Resolve Optics is enlisted to design and supply wideband lens for Lunar Rover microscope

The Lunar Vertex rover multispectral microscope will use an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to provide wideband illumination from 365 to 1000 nm.

CapabilityValue 4.6Jul 19, 2022Resolve Optics is enlisted to design and supply wideband lens for Lunar Rover microscope

Resolve Optics can provide Canadensys with a space-ready product for the Lunar Vertex multispectral microscope.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.2Jul 19, 2022Resolve Optics is enlisted to design and supply wideband lens for Lunar Rover microscope

All components of Resolve Optics’ new lens for the Lunar Vertex multispectral microscope are manufactured from materials approved by international space agencies.

CapabilityLegalValue 3.6Jul 19, 2022Resolve Optics is enlisted to design and supply wideband lens for Lunar Rover microscope

The Cygnus NG-13 is carrying Mochii, the first scanning electron microscope for use in space, developed by Seattle-based company Voxa.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5Feb 15, 2020Cygnus launches to space station

Space Tango launched a 7U CubeLab containing the FLUMIAS-DEA miniaturized fluorescent microscope on the SpaceX Commercial Resupply Services-15 (CRS-15) mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida at approximately 5:42 AM EDT on 2018-06-29.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Jun 29, 2018Space Tango Partner Airbus Launching Flumias-DEA Technology Demonstration on SpaceX CRS-15