Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. announced that the Company?s solar module products will fly on NASA?s upcoming Lightweight Integrated Solar Array and AnTenna (LISA-T) mission, scheduled for launch this summer. The mission, led by NASA?s Space Technology Mission Directorate and the agency?s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, will demonstrate the capability to deploy large-area arrays on lightweight, low-cost and small spacecraft. Leading up to this spacecraft demonstration, Ascent?s PV products were previously evaluated on the International Space Station.

Modules tested on NASA?s MISSE-X experiment validated the resilience of the company?s CIGS material in the space environment, both bare and encapsulated. Additional Ascent modules with lower-cost and lighter-weight laminates are being evaluated on the upcoming MISSE payload slated to fly on SpaceX?s 30th Commercial Resupply Mission to the space station scheduled for March.