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
- 6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mars Science Laboratory www.nasa.gov
- 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.
- 8. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Small Satellites www.nasa.gov Synthetic Biology
- 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
- 11. GeneSat-‐1 PharmaSat-‐1 Nanosail-‐D O/OREOS
- 13. ISS National Laboratory – ISS Utilization Platform-Agnostic Space Payloads
- 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
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- 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
- 19. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Innovative SmallSat Architectures www.nasa.gov
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- 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
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- 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
- 31. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Thanx for your attention! www.nasa.gov
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- 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
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- 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) www.nasa.gov 38