Description NASA astronaut Jessica Meir inspects optical fibers while installing hardware updates to the agency’s Cold Atom Lab, or CAL, aboard the International Space Station on May 8, 2026. About the size of a minifridge and operated from Earth, CAL chills atoms to temperatures below minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 273.15 degrees Celsius), so close […]
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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on NASA’s newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility designed to improve how scientists explore the fundamental workings of matter and develop new quantum technologies. By leveraging the unique environment of microgravity in space, the lab can accomplish cutting-edge science impossible to do anywhere else. Quantum […]
Gregory is a Flight Software Lead, Ground Data Systems Lead, and Mission Operations Specialist for NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, where he plays a key role in developing and operating advanced space-based quantum experiments. His work spans flight software, data systems, and mission operations, with a strong focus on building reliable, high-performance systems for cutting-edge scientific […]
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Javier Bosch-Lluis earned his B.Sc. and M.S. degrees in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), where he also received his Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from the Department of Signal Theory and Communications at UPC. Following his doctoral studies, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Microwave […]
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Dr. Mehdi Langlois is the Ground Testbed Lead for the Cold Atom Lab at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he leads the integration, assembly, and characterization of new science modules and experimental capabilities for CAL. His work focuses on advancing quantum technologies for precision measurements, including quantum accelerometers, atomic clocks, and gravity gradiometers. He has […]
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Jessica Fisher is an Instrument Operator/Mission Operations Systems Engineer supporting CAL on the Flight Operations team. She operates CAL onboard the ISS in near real-time to collect quantum physics experiment data for the CAL scientists. She also supports CAL operations interfaces with the ISS, working directly with the astronauts when necessary to repair and replace […]
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Sarah Rees is the Flight Operations Team Lead for the Cold Atom Lab. She operates the CAL instrument onboard the ISS, commanding it remotely from JPL and collaborating with the CAL scientists to collect data for their quantum experiments in microgravity. Sarah also focuses on ISS Integration, speaking directly to astronauts on the ISS during […]
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Arvid Croonquist brings years of experience preparing instruments for flight on the International Space Station and before that the Space Shuttle, sounding rockets and NASA’s zero-gravity aircraft. As PSE one of his key roles is to ensure the team communicates – that the physicists are exchanging information that engineers are absorbing and vice versa. This communication […]
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