Glenn’s Technology Demonstration Convertor (TDC) #13, a free-piston Stirling power convertor, achieved a milestone of 14 years of maintenance-free operation in the Stirling Research Laboratory in building 301. This technology is proving our capability to power spacecraft on longer-duration future scientific missions.
Glenn’s Technology Demonstration Convertor (TDC) #13, a free-piston Stirling power convertor, achieved a milestone of 14 years of maintenance-free operation in the Stirling Research Laboratory in building 301. This technology is proving our capability to power spacecraft on longer-duration future scientific missions.
Glenn’s Technology Demonstration Convertor (TDC) #13, a free-piston Stirling power convertor, achieved a milestone of 14 years of maintenance-free operation in the Stirling Research Laboratory in building 301. This technology is proving our capability to power spacecraft on longer-duration future scientific missions.
Glenn’s Technology Demonstration Convertor (TDC) #13, a free-piston Stirling power convertor, achieved a milestone of 14 years of maintenance-free operation in the Stirling Research Laboratory in building 301. This technology is proving our capability to power spacecraft on longer-duration future scientific missions.
Glenn’s Technology Demonstration Convertor (TDC) #13, a free-piston Stirling power convertor, achieved a milestone of 14 years of maintenance-free operation in the Stirling Research Laboratory in building 301. This technology is proving our capability to power spacecraft on longer-duration future scientific missions.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center left, is shown the Kilowatt Reactor Using Stirling TechnologY (KRUSTY) by Lee Mason, fission surface power chief technologist, right, as he tours the Electric Propulsion and Power Laboratory, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Glenn marks the eleventh stop in Isaacman’s roadshow to visit NASA facilities and engage directly with the agency’s workforce. Photo Credit: (NASA/John Kraus)