Why NASA Wants Microsoft’s HoloLens in Space

The rocket carrying two HoloLens headsets to the International Space Station blew up in June, and NASA is planning another launch.

The explosion in June of the SpaceX rocket that was headed to the International Space Station felt like “a punch in the gut” to Jeff Norris, the project manager for two HoloLens projects that NASA is working on at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. Among the items on board were two HoloLens headsets—Microsoft’s forthcoming augmented-reality gadgets.

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