US Patent Issued to Voyager Technologies on May 19 for "Spacecraft systems airlock for international space station access and interface and methods of operation" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,311, issued on May 19, was assigned to Voyager Technologies (Denver).

"Spacecraft systems airlock for international space station access and interface and methods of operation" was invented by Michael David Johnson (Tomball, Texas), Mark David Rowley (Friendswood, Texas), Michael Desmond Lewis (Kemah, Texas) and J. Brockton Howe (League City, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide a spacecraft airlock system. Embodiments provide a method and apparatus for attaching space exposed payloads to a space station. The spacecraft airlock system provides a defined volume of space payload to the international space station. Th...