--- title: TAI News - Thermal Strap Blog and Program Updates | graphite fiber thermal strap description: graphite fiber thermal strap | TAI's Thermal Strap News Page provides news on important spaceflight and terrestrial programs using our strap products, as well as updates on our new products, catalogs, and service offerings. Topics covered also include important tips on designing and ordering our strap products. --- # TAI NEWS & BLOG Program News, Helpful Tips, and Product Updates ## [ NASA Sets Launch Date for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/boeing-starline-launch-date-december-17-2019) [Tyler Link](https://www.techapps.com/blog/author/tyler-link) on October 29, 2019 The TAI team is thrilled to see the Boeing Starliner will finally be making it's first flight 7 weeks from today! [ Read Story ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/boeing-starline-launch-date-december-17-2019) [![Boeing CST-100](https://www.techapps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Aluminized%20Mylar%20Sheet%20Overwrap%20-%20GFTS.jpg?width=500&name=Aluminized%20Mylar%20Sheet%20Overwrap%20-%20GFTS.jpg) ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/boeing-starline-launch-date-december-17-2019) ## [ TAI Delivers More Spaceflight Model Graphite Fiber Thermal Straps (GFTS) to NASA's IXPE Mission ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-delivers-more-spaceflight-model-graphite-fiber-thermal-straps-gfts-to-nasas-ixpe-mission) [Tyler Link](https://www.techapps.com/blog/author/tyler-link) on April 18, 2019 I just wanted to share this pic of the next set of FM GFTS®/TEC hybrid thermal straps out for [NASA's IXPE Mission](https://ixpe.msfc.nasa.gov/): [ Read Story ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-delivers-more-spaceflight-model-graphite-fiber-thermal-straps-gfts-to-nasas-ixpe-mission) [![Graphite Thermal Straps - NASA IXPE Mission](https://www.techapps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Graphite%20Thermal%20Straps%20-%20NASA%20IXPE%20Mission.jpg?width=500&name=Graphite%20Thermal%20Straps%20-%20NASA%20IXPE%20Mission.jpg) ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-delivers-more-spaceflight-model-graphite-fiber-thermal-straps-gfts-to-nasas-ixpe-mission) ## [ TAI Releases the 2019 GFTS Catalog ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-releases-the-2019-graphite-fiber-thermal-strap-catalog) [Tyler Link](https://www.techapps.com/blog/author/tyler-link) on March 1, 2019 TAI is proud to announce the release of our 2019 GFTS® Catalog: [ Read Story ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-releases-the-2019-graphite-fiber-thermal-strap-catalog) [![2019-Graphite-Fiber-Thermal-Strap-Catalog](https://www.techapps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2019-Graphite-Fiber-Thermal-Strap-Catalog.jpg?width=500&name=2019-Graphite-Fiber-Thermal-Strap-Catalog.jpg) ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-releases-the-2019-graphite-fiber-thermal-strap-catalog) ## [ GPS III Launches with TAI's Graphite Fiber Thermal Straps (GFTS) on Board ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/gps-iii-launches-with-tais-graphite-fiber-thermal-straps-gfts-on-board) [Tyler Link](https://www.techapps.com/blog/author/tyler-link) on December 26, 2018 [ Read Story ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/gps-iii-launches-with-tais-graphite-fiber-thermal-straps-gfts-on-board) [![](https://www.techapps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/ImagesResized/J%20and%20U%20Shaped%20Graphite%20Thermal%20Straps%20-%20JAXA%20-%20Lockheed%20Martin%20-%20Ball%20-%20NASA.png?width=500&name=J%20and%20U%20Shaped%20Graphite%20Thermal%20Straps%20-%20JAXA%20-%20Lockheed%20Martin%20-%20Ball%20-%20NASA.png) ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/gps-iii-launches-with-tais-graphite-fiber-thermal-straps-gfts-on-board) ## [ TAI Delivers GFTS & CuTS to MIT Lincoln Lab for Thermal Strap Evaluation Program; CuFS and X-Series Straps Headed Out Next... ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-delivers-gfts-cuts-to-mit-lincoln-lab-for-thermal-strap-evaluation-program-cufs-and-x-series-straps-headed-out-next) [Tyler Link](https://www.techapps.com/blog/author/tyler-link) on December 12, 2018 ...It sure has been busy at TAI this year--and only getting busier as we approach 2019. In another first, MIT Lincoln Laboratory procured sets of our standard P5-506 and G5-502 Copper and Graphite Fiber... [ Read Story ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-delivers-gfts-cuts-to-mit-lincoln-lab-for-thermal-strap-evaluation-program-cufs-and-x-series-straps-headed-out-next) [![Graphite Fiber Thermal Straps - Stiffness Test for MITLL](https://www.techapps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Graphite%20Fiber%20Thermal%20Strap%20-%20Stiffness%20Test%20for%20MITLL%20-%20450x300.jpg?width=500&name=Graphite%20Fiber%20Thermal%20Strap%20-%20Stiffness%20Test%20for%20MITLL%20-%20450x300.jpg) ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-delivers-gfts-cuts-to-mit-lincoln-lab-for-thermal-strap-evaluation-program-cufs-and-x-series-straps-headed-out-next) ## [ TAI Releases the World's First Graphite Thermal Strap (GFTS®) Catalog! Get your 2018 GFTS® Catalog Today! ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-releases-the-first-graphite-thermal-strap-standard-product-line-and-catalog) [Tyler Link](https://www.techapps.com/blog/author/tyler-link) on January 11, 2018 For the first time in our history, TAI now offers a Graphite Fiber Thermal Strap (GFTS®) Standard Product Line, and we've just released our [2018 GFTS® Catalog](https://www.techapps.com/gfts-catalog). This is the world's only... [ Read Story ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-releases-the-first-graphite-thermal-strap-standard-product-line-and-catalog) [![featured2 image placeholder](https://www.techapps.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Hybrid%20Thermal%20Straps%20-Aluminum%20and%20copper%20thermal%20braids-1.jpg?width=500&name=Hybrid%20Thermal%20Straps%20-Aluminum%20and%20copper%20thermal%20braids-1.jpg) ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/tai-releases-the-first-graphite-thermal-strap-standard-product-line-and-catalog) ## [ Orion Launches with TAI's Graphite Fiber Thermal Straps ](https://www.techapps.com/blog/orion-launches-with-tais-graphite-fiber-thermal-straps) [Tyler Link](https://www.techapps.com/blog/author/tyler-link) on December 11, 2014 At 7:05 am EST (12:05 GMT) on December 5th, NASA successfully launched its new [Orion spacecraft](http://www.nasa.gov/orion/) on a mission that it hopes will “foreshadow the first human expedition to Mars.” Orion was launched in Cape... 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