This month´s covers…

Front cover: A photograph of the ISS MISSE-6 experiment in order to validate the Remote Sensor Interface (RSI) for the extreme environmental conditions of a Lunar mission. [From: New Approach to Designing of Electronic Systems for Operation in Extreme Environments: Part 1: The SiGe Remote Sensor Interface; this issue.] Back cover: The NASA SIERRA UAS and the CASIE Team in Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway. A series of images collected during the CASIE mission showing agreement between the (upper) MicroSAR images and the output from the on-board video camera. The Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice Experiment (CASIE) utilized a MicroSAR, a small, low-cost Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) representing a new advancemenrin high-performance SAR. Artemis, Inc. and Brigham Young University have employed a unique design methodology that exploits previous developments for a smaller, lighter, and more flexible SAR system that consumes less power. This is accomplished through the use of a linear-frequency-modulated, continuous-wave signal to maximize SAR while utilizing a low power transmitter. [From: Developments in Compact High-Performance Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems for Use on Small Unmanned Aircraft; Aerospace 2011, 6.0202.]