technolgies
Subsurface Access & Sampling | Sample Processing, Manipulation & Containment | End Effectors / On-Orbit Assembly & Servicing | Deployment & Positioning | Docking, Mating & Fastening | Utility Transfer | Extreme Environment
Sample Handling Systems | MeSH — Mechanized Sample Handler | Sealable Canisters

Sample Processing, Manipulation & Containment

Sealable Canisters

Product Features

Canister filling and sealing sequence Single canister
Canister filling and sealing sequence
Engineering drawing, canister filling and sealing

Honeybee has devoted considerable effort to meeting the challenges of sample containment. Sample containment is important to preventing the cross-contamination of extraterrestrial samples and the Earth environment.

Past work includes the development of a return sample containerization system for the cancelled ST4/Champollion mission.

In 2004, Honeybee was selected to receive multi-year funding under NASA’s Astrobiology Science and Technology Instrument Development (ASTID) program for the research and development of a sample storage and isolation system.