NASA battery safety exams influence commercial product testing
On the space shuttle Columbia flight STS-93, the first lithium-ion battery flown on a human spaceflight was used to power a video camera. While working at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Judy Jeevarajan devised the testing processes to ensure the battery was safe to use in space.Battery safety is of paramount importance in space, where the risk of thermal runaway looms large.
Jeevarajan began working at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston in the 1990s, developing advanced battery testing technologies, eventually becoming responsible for approving all batteries flown for human spaceflight. In 1999, shuttle astronauts wanted to bring a digital camcorder aboard. Previous video cameras on the space shuttle used battery chemistries already authorized for space, but the emerging use of lithium-ion cells was new territory for space missions.
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