HONG KONG: The Company that made Marty McFly’s hoverboard a reality is reaching for the stars, or more precisely, satellites.
Los Gatos, Calif.-based Arx Pax has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA, the company announced Wednesday.
The partnership involves Arx Pax’s Magnetic Field Architecture (MFA) technology, which will be used to build micro-satellite capture devices that can manipulate and couple satellites from a distance.
The technology inevitably conjures up images of the tractor beam used on “Star Trek.”
“Likely uses for this technology include manipulating various types of objects at a distance without touching them or colliding with them,” explained Arx Pax CEO Greg Henderson, in an email to FoxNews.com.
“One example could be moving an object, like a satellite, or holding it stationary without physical contact.”
However, specific details of the technology’s road map have not yet been revealed.
“The collaboration is evolving and the project is a work in process,” explained Henderson, in the email.
“We will share more information as we hit specific joint development milestones.”
“We continue to place a firm emphasis on innovation and collaboration” said Luke Murchison, On-Orbit Autonomous Assembly from Nanosatellites Project Manager at NASA Langley Research Center, in a statement.
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