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Technology Development at NASA
1. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
John W. Hines
Chief Technologist
NASA-Ames Research Center in
Silicon
Valley...
…Innova0on
starts
here
www.nasa.gov
August, 2012
2. NASA-Ames Research Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
San Francisco Bay
Area
CA, USA
Stanford
Ames
in
Silicon
Valley...
…Innova0on
starts
here
www.nasa.gov
3. NASA
Ames:7
Decades
of
Innova3on
2010+
NASA
Lunar
Science
InsRtute
PhoneSat
X-‐36
2000
TekRtes
Human
Centered
Pioneer
CompuRng
OOREOS
Flight
Simulator
Blunt
Body
Galileo
1990
Concept
Viking
1980
Lunar
Prospector
LCROSS
Pioneer
Venus
Air
Transonic
TransportaRon
Flow
Life
Sciences
Research
1970
System
Li2ing
Body
Tiltrotor
Kepler
Astrobiology
NASA
Research
Park
1960
Swept-‐
Back/Wing
Flight
Kuiper
Observatory
Research
ER-‐2
Nanotechnology
SOFIA
1950
CFD
Conical
Camber
1940
Arcjet
Research
Hypervelocity
Free
Flight
80x120
Wind
Tunnel
One
of
the
World’s
Fastest
OperaRonal
Supercomputers
4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• ISS
• Free Flyers
• Asteroids
• Moon
• Mars
• Beyond
www.nasa.gov
5. Space Missions Directorate
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Observation and Discover how the
To develop a scientific Understanding the
understanding of Earth's Sun, Heliosphere, discovery of our solar universe works,
system and its response and Planetary system’s planetary explore how the
objects. …strategy based universe began and
to natural or human- Environments as a
on progressing from developed into its
induced changes, and single connected
to improve prediction of system flybys, to orbiting, to present form, and
climate, weather, and landing, to roving and search for Earth-like
finally to returning planets.
natural hazards.
samples from planetary
-Atmospheric Composition • Heliosphere bodies Planets Around Other
-Weather
• Magnetospheres Stars
-Carbon Cycle & • Inner Solar System
• Space Environment The Big Bang
Ecosystems • Outer Solar System Dark Energy, Dark Matter
-Water & Energy Cycles • Small Bodies of the Solar Stars
-Climate Variability & System Galaxies
Change • Mars Program Planning
www.nasa.gov Black Holes
-Earth Surface & Interior
7. Kepler Spacecraft
hJp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/kepler/
Kepler
is
a
space
observatory
launched
by
NASA
to
discover
Earth-‐like
planets
orbi3ng
other
stars.
The
spacecraE,
named
in
honor
of
the
17th-‐century
German
astronomer
Johannes
Kepler,
Launch
date:
March
7,
2009
3:49
AM
Orbit
height:
92,955,807
miles
(149,597,871
km)
Speed
on
orbit:
3.661
miles/s
(5.892
km/s)
Cost:
US$
550
million
Launch
site:
Cape
Canaveral
Air
Force
StaRon
Launch
Complex
17
Manufacturer:
Ball
Aerospace
Photometer
|
Kepler
Planet
Count
The
Kepler
photometer
is
basically
a
Schmidt
telescope
design
with
a
Confirmed
Planets:
74
0.95-‐meter
aperture
and
a
105
square
deg
(about
12
degree
Planet
Candidates:
2,321
diameter)
field-‐of-‐view
(FOV).
It
is
pointed
at
and
records
data
from
just
a
single
Eclipsing
Binary
Stars:
2,165
group
of
stars
for
the
three
and
one-‐half
or
more
year
duraRon
of
the
mission.
The
photometer
is
composed
of
just
one
"instrument,"
which
is,
an
array
of
42
CCDs
(charge
coupled
devices).
Each
50x25
mm
CCD
has
2200x1024
pixels.
9. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Innovation in Small Satellites
• Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite
(LCROSS) - Lunar Kinetic Impactor Mission to explore
the presence and nature of water ice on the Moon.
• Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer
(LADEE) - Will seek new information about the tenuous
lunar atmosphere and dust environment.
• Pharmasat - Fully-automated,
miniaturized triple cubesat
spaceflight system for biological
payloads.
• O/OREOS - studies how exposure to space
changes organic molecules and biology.
• IRIS will use a solar telescope and spectrograph
to explore the solar chromospheres.
www.nasa.gov
14. Multi-user EXPRESS
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Racks
Middeck locker scale instruments in
various research disciplines such as
biotechnology and plant research
Sub-rack class payloads and facilities
CubeLab NanoLab
European Space Agency Astronaut Thomas Reiter, Expedition 13
Flight Engineer, installing the EMCS facility into the EXPRESS Rack
3A.
10
J. Robinson
www.nasa.gov
17. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Planetary Hitch Hiker
Green
propulsion
Modularity
enables
payload,
propulsion
Comsat
and
ESPA
, and
CompaRble
launch 6U
nanosat
dispenser
flexibility.
Low-‐cost
and
versaRle
plakorm
Standardized
nanosat
payloads
www.nasa.gov
18. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Heliophysics Priorities
CINEMA
www.nasa.gov
SOHO IRIS
21. • Food
Produc3on
• Biological-‐ISRU
• Advanced
Sensors
• Advanced
Materials
• Life
support
loop-‐
closure
• Space
Medicine
• Life
Detec3on
•
Scien3fic
Discovery
Vision:
To
harness
biology
in
reliable,
robust,
engineered
systems
to
support
NASA’s
explora<on
and
science
missions,
to
improve
life
on
Earth,
and
to
help
shape
NASA’s
future
22. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Innovation in Science
UAVs and other Platforms
to study storms and fires
Sensors and
Instruments
Synthetic Biology and
Other Biological Applications
And Technologies
www.nasa.gov
23. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Innovation in Aeronautics
Advanced aircraft concepts
Biomass energy for fuel
Hybrid Rockets
Airships
www.nasa.gov
Fuel Cells
24. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Innovation in Technology
Re-entry
Technologies
Supercomputing
Visualization
Exploration Technologies
www.nasa.gov
Human-Machine Interfaces
25. Solar
System
Internet
• Extends
the
reach
of
the
Earth’s
Internet
across
the
solar
system
via
“Disrup0on
Tolerant
Networking”
(DTN)
communica0ons
protocols
• Layered
open
architecture
supports
evolu0on
and
interna0onal
interoperability
26. Possible Areas of Future Activities
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Characteristics: *
• Anticipatory (ability to anticipate future
events on basis of current data)
• Collaborative (ability to cooperate with
other systems)
• Curious (motivation to explore, investigate,
and discover)
• Self-modeling (ability to reason about its
own changing status)
• Adaptive (functionality change over time to
meet changing needs)
• Self-Repairing (ability to reconfigure and/
or repair itself autonomously)
• Biologically-inspired sensor fusion &
sensory-guided motor control
• Portability (ability to be effortlessly mobile
with no compromise
of function)”
www.nasa.gov
28. Space Technology Grand Challenges
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space
Technology
Grand
Challenges:
a
set
of
important
space-‐related
problems
that
must
be
solved
to
efficiently
and
economically
achieve
our
missions.
We
will
use
the
Space
Technology
Grand
Challenges
with
the
Space
Technology
Roadmaps
to
priori3ze
our
technology
por[olio
with
an
eye
towards
the
Agency’s
future.
More
InformaRon
at
hlp://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/strategic_integraRon/grand_challenges_detail.html
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST
www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov/oct 28
29. Technology
and
InnovaRon
Strategy
…
Addressing
Global
Needs
NaRonal
Technology
Commercial,
DoD,
Defense
And
Economic
Entrepreneural
And
CompeRRveness
Other
Gov,
Security
Space
SoluRon
InternaRonal
Industry;
Space
Academia
Space
Research,
Development,
And
ExploraRon
Spin-‐off
Technologies
for
Robust
Aerospace
Non-‐Space
ApplicaRons
Industry
&
CompeRRve
NASA
Missions
Advantage
30. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Innovation in Outreach and
Education
Instituting Science in Schools, Yuri’s Night
Chabot Science Center Education
Day
Exploration Day at Ames
www.nasa.gov
33. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/home/index.html
www.nasa.gov
34. OCT - Complete Technology Maturation Pipeline
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Space Technology
Research Grants • Flight
Opportunities
• NASA Innovative • Game
Advanced Concepts Changing
(NIAC) Development
• Center Innovation • Technology
Fund Demonstration
• Franklin Missions
• Centennial Small
Challenges Prize Satellite
Subsystem • Edison Small
• Small Business Technologies Satellite
Innovation Research Demonstration
& Small Business
Technology Transfer Missions
(SBIR/STTR)
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST
www.nasa.gov
www.nasa.gov/oct 5
35. NASA
SPACE
TECHNOLOGY
ROADMAP
TECHNICAL
AREA
BREAKDOWN
STRUCTURE
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
www.nasa.gov
37. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Small
Spacecra2
National
Missions Systems
and
Interests
Technologies
Sustainable
and
Biological
Sustaining
Technologies
and
Technologies ApplicaRons
Space
and
Earth
Nano-‐
and
Micro-‐
Science
and
Technologies
and
Systems ARC Space
Physics
Technologies
and
ApplicaRons
Technology
Sensors,
Instruments,
Expertise Human
and
RoboRc
Devices,Materials
,
Photonics,
OpRcs,
Areas ExploraRon
Technologies
Imaging
AeronauRcs
InformaRon
Systems,
ComputaRon,
CommunicaRons,
and
Commercial,
Hypersonics,
EDL
Intelligent
Systems
Technologies
Entrepreneurial STEM
Space
www.nasa.gov
38. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Active Initiatives
1. Small Spacecraft and Missions Enterprise (SSME)
2. Biological Technologies for Life Beyond Low Earth
Orbit (BT4LBLEO)
3. Science Instruments for Small Missions (SISM)
4. Advanced Digital Materials and Manufacturing for Space
(ADMMS)
5. Designing High-Confidence Software and Systems (DHCSS)
6. Cyber-Physical Systems Modeling and Analysis (CPSMA)
Other Suggested Initiatives
1. First Responder, Emergency, and Diasaster Assistance
(FREDA)
2. Emerging Aeronautics Systems and Technologies (EAST)
3. GREEN Technologies (Technologies for Sustainability)
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