Honing in on Hyperspectral Imaging

The roots of PhiLumina, LLC—a company providing turnkey hyperspectral-imaging systems to a range of clients—stretch back more than 20 years. In 1996, a team of innovative scientists and engineers began working with the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Human Exploration and Development of Space Enterprise Program, the NASA Commercial Space Program, and the NASA Research Center Program to produce a portable hyperspectral-imaging system suitable for space-based applications. (Nearly a decade later, several of these individuals, including the author of this article, were honored with induction into the Space Technology Hall of Fame.)