Orion Spacecraft Graphite Fiber Thermal Straps
Space · Client: NASA
Project details
Designed, fabricated, and qualified the first graphite fiber thermal straps used for space flight on NASA's Orion program.

The dawn of a new standard in thermal engineering
Thermal Space Ltd. (TSL) is a Boulder, Colorado-based engineering and manufacturing practice specializing in cryogenic and thermal management solutions for space, aerospace, defense, scientific, and industrial applications. It designs, fabricates, and tests custom thermal straps, cryostats, dewars, and integrated thermal management hardware. The team carries extensive experience in spacecraft flight hardware, custom refrigeration systems, and high-performance thermal interfaces.
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Stephen J. NieczkoskiCo-founder and CEO/CTO
Edward MyersCo-founder and CFO/CE
Comprehensive engineering capabilities including thermal design, predictive empirical modeling, structural analysis, and post-fabrication verification plans.
Thermal, static, and dynamic stiffness testing, cryogenic testing, mechanical vibration and shock testing, and tensile testing to verify hardware requirements.
Rapid development of custom thermal management prototypes and verified flight-ready components under rigorous quality controls.
Design, custom fabrication, and testing of highly flexible, high-conductance thermal links and heat straps using advanced metallic and carbon material systems.
Advanced graphene-based thermal straps using layered nanostructured cross-linked graphene, providing superior thermal-conductance-to-mass ratios and mechanical flexibility.
Solderless, high-purity oxygen-free high-conductivity (OFHC) copper thermal straps built from bundled and cabled wire strands captured in solid terminals.
Direct integration of copper cable thermal strap technology with active heat transfer components like heat pipes and vapor chambers.
Custom active and passive cooling solutions engineered to operate reliably across extreme temperature ranges.
Thermal storage and isolation systems utilizing either stored liquid/solid/supercritical cryogens or integrated with mechanical cryocoolers.
Vapor compression and cryogenic refrigerators providing discrete or distributed cooling loops.
Cold plates, cross- and counter-flow heat exchangers, phase-change materials, and advanced insulation systems.
Aerospace · Space · Defense · Research Facilities · Electronics
Space · Client: NASA
Designed, fabricated, and qualified the first graphite fiber thermal straps used for space flight on NASA's Orion program.
Space · Client: JAXA
Qualified and delivered graphite fiber thermal straps for space flight use on JAXA's ASTRO-H program.