VITAL ventilator
JPL developed the Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally (VITAL) ventilator that is simpler and faster to build than conventional ventilators. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

WASHINGTON — A month after saying it would find ways to leverage its capabilities to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, NASA rolled out April 23 some of solutions it has developed, from ventilators to decontamination systems.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...