For years, NASA has been creating technology for space that ends up enhancing our everyday lives.

The 2007 NASA Commercial Invention of the Year is a multi-use foam that insulates for sound, heat and cold with aerospace and down to Earth applications.

Gray said NASA engineers want to know more about the ability of X-ray technology to detect bubbles when layers of shuttle foam curve around corners.

NASA engineers say they are closer to resolving the problem of large chunks of foam insulation falling off space shuttle external fuel tanks during launch.

Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon. (Photo Caption: The Core Stage-2 forward skirt is prepped for application of spray-on foam insulation (SOFI) in Cell G at MAF in late May.

Gray said NASA engineers want to know more about the ability of X-ray technology to detect bubbles when layers of shuttle foam curve around corners.