Framework for Testing Critical Technology Systems’ Reliability in Space

Abstract

Radio frequency identification (RFID) system is an automatic data capturing system that relies on remotely retrieving data stored on tags using devices called readers. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and a team of contractors, university researchers and technology vendors collaborated to investigate the reliability of RFID systems for automated crew-free inventory control aboard the ISS. In this manuscript we detail the decade long research accomplishments and the maturity of this RFID technology that is being currently.