Discovery Semiconductors InGaAs Photodiode Modules Return to Earth After 18 Months on the International Space Station

Oct. 15, 2012
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Discovery Semiconductors High Speed InGaAs Photodiode and Balanced Photodiodes returned to Earth after 18 months on the International Space Station (ISS). They were part of the Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) 7 mission launched on the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-129) on November 16, 2009, and returned on the Space

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