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NASA’s support for this STTR permitted me to work on the problem of data acquisition and recovery from harsh environments, which benefits not only NASA’s Earth sciences and interplanetary exploration goals but also our research partner Penn State and, by extension, the geoscience research community... Microsoft’s interest in Vexcel confirms the potential for this technology and increases the return on NASA’s investment. Robert Fatland, Geophysicist, Vexcel Corporation

Since 2002, Vexcel Corp. has been developing a wireless sensor network technology for use in NASA’s Earth science research under several Goddard-issued Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts. In May 2006, Vexcel was acquired by the Virtual Earth business unit of Microsoft Corp. Vexcel’s technology portfolio—including the results of the STTR research—is being integrated into Microsoft’s Windows Live™ Local and the Virtual Earth™ platform offerings.