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EaglePicher is one of NASA’s most trusted suppliers. Since America’s early days in space, EaglePicher has powered manned and unmanned missions including Mercury,Gemini, Apollo, Lunar Rover, Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station as well as hundreds of other commercial, military and scientific programs. Today, EaglePicher designs and manufactures nickel hydrogen batteries using cells in a variety of diameters, ranging from 2.5 inches to 5.5 inches, and from nominal capacities in a range between 6Ah and 350Ah. Each design is customized to fit the needs of the customer’s particular mission. |
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When an oxygen tank explosion crippled the Apollo 13 space craft during its lunar mission in 1970, the safe return of three brave American astronauts depended heavily upon the EaglePicher batteries on board the spacecraft. |
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EaglePicher has over 600 batteries |
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The Next Generation: Lithium-ion EaglePicher now designs and assembles batteries using large Li-ion cells, which provide higher energy levels and longer cycle life at a lower weight and in smaller volumes than Ni-Cd or Ni-H2 batteries.
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![81847387[2]](/images/aerospace/81847387[2].png "Astronauts install a new Power Control Unit (PCU) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). One of the astronauts is on the end of the Space Shuttle's Remote Manipulator System (RMS) robotic arm, controlled from inside the crew cabin by a third astronaut. The image was recorded with a digital still camera.")
