Phison’s 8TB NVMe SSD Passes NASA’s Rigorous Flight Test For Historic Moon Mission

It’s not just astronauts that undergo extensive training and testing before heading into space, the same goes for objects and electronics, including storage products. So it’s understandable that Phison is celebrating that its 8TB M.2 NVMe solid state drive (SSD) is ready for liftoff after the drive earned its NASA Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL-6) certification.

On the surface, it might seem like sending a storage device to space is no big deal. But to operate and survive on the surface of the Moon, there’s quite a bit of testing that takes place. The conditions in space are very different than on Earth, and so Phison’s 8TB SSD had to prove it could withstand deep cryogenic temperatures and vacuum conditions found on the lunar surface, among other intensive tests. It also had to pass a series of stress and environmental tests simulating the launch on the SpaceX Falcon 9.

Source:  Hot Hardware