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• Swiss Omega Speedmaster watches went to space and the moon with the Apollo program. While the watches were Swiss, virtually all of the other equipment was made in the US,...
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Swiss Omega Speedmaster watches went to space and the moon with the Apollo program. While the watches were Swiss, virtually all of the other equipment was made in the US, except, of course , the Swiss Mettler scales, sieves by Aigle AG, DJEVA synthetic rubies, Mikron AG-made gears for the lander, and a Swiss experiment carried by the crew. The Swiss may be looking to maximize their role in space even more this time through Swissto12.
The company has opened a 1,000-square-meter cleanroom in Renens to make HummingSat. This augments an existing 5,500m² space.
SWISSto12 CEO Emile de Rijk stated,
“Bringing this integration capability for our advanced satellite payloads and HummingSat in-house is central to our strategy to reduce the time and cost of building our products. This agility brings