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Robotic Assembly and Outfitting for NASA Space Missions https://buff.ly/4d6Ws7U #artificialintelligence #ai #machinelearning #technology #datascience

Read about NASA's latest demonstration for its laser communication system!

3... 2... 1... 🚀 NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration launched PACE satellite into space to observe the Earth and study the interaction between pollutants in the atmosphere. Check out the amazing video! PACE stands for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and Earth Ocean Ecosystem Mission; and the new Dutch instrument #SPEXone flew on the PACE spacecraft as one of that mission's suite of sensors. Built by engineers at SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research & Airbus Netherlands B.V., #SPEXone will pursue data for scientists who study climate change to properly characterize the amount of radiative forcing that aerosols cause. Aerosols are small solid or liquid particles suspended in the air that affect climate change. You can find more information here: https://lnkd.in/dFZQpBwc Video: x.com/NASA Alexandra Dousi- De Vogel

Thales Alenia Space to provide communication equipment to NASA’s NEO Surveyor mission Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has signed a contract with prime contractor Ball Aerospace to supply communications equipment for NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s NEO Surveyor mission. The main goal of this five-year mission is to advance efforts to defend our planet against near-Earth objects like asteroids and comets, specifically within 50 million kilometers from our planet’s orbit. NEO Surveyor will employ an infrared space telescope designed to discover and characterize at least two-thirds of the near-Earth objects more than 140 meters (460 feet) across capable of causing significant damage should they impact the Earth. https://lnkd.in/eD7sAVWt

Wideband Technology: Overview As NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation approaches retirement, partnerships with commercial industry will play a critical role in the development of future space communications and navigation architecture. Over the next decade, NASA missions will transition towards adopting commercial space-based relay services to fulfil their near-Earth communications needs. The Space Communications and […]

ICYMI: The "Empowering Access to Airborne and Field Data with NASA's CASEI" NASA Earthdata webinar is now available online. In this webinar, learn how to use NASA's Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) to explore past and present airborne and field campaign platforms, instruments, geophysical concepts, and data products. https://lnkd.in/ekrCAAba

Do you want to know what spacecraft is communicating with NASA's Near Space Network (NSN) right now? Check out SCaN-now, the website that shows the real-time status of all NSN ground stations and space-relay assets. You can see the various connections between the spacecraft and NSN assets, including downlink passes, bidirectional passes, and support passes. During each of these linkages, the antenna moves so it can track the spacecraft. Did you know that the NSN brings down an average of almost 30 terabytes of critical data daily through space relays (Space Relay - SR) and ground-based antennas (Direct-to-Earth - DTE)? It provides data delivery and satellite tracking services that are essential to NASA's missions. Check out SCaN-now to see the magic happen in real-time! https://lnkd.in/edPQy9FC

🌐 Bridging the Gap: How NASA's Innovation Fuels Telecommunications Revolution! 🚀 Ever wonder how NASA's groundbreaking technology finds its way into our daily lives? 🤔 Look no further than the remarkable synergy between NASA's fiber-optic health monitoring system and everyday telecommunications infrastructure! 🛰️💡 Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), a cornerstone of modern telecommunications, owes its roots to the pioneering work at NASA. 🌐 Originally designed to ensure the integrity of critical systems in space, such as spacecraft health monitoring, this technology now powers the backbone of our internet and communication networks. 📡✨ By splitting light into different wavelengths and transmitting data simultaneously along a single optical fiber, WDM enables unprecedented data transfer rates and bandwidth efficiency. 🚀💬 This not only enhances our everyday connectivity but also underpins the foundation of our digital age. As we marvel at the seamless communication experiences of today, let's acknowledge the unsung heroes of innovation, from the vast expanse of space to the palm of our hands. 🌍💫 #NASA #IBEW #MEHLcommunications #FiberTechnicians #SpaceTech #InterstellarAreaNetwork

Ruggedized WDM Fiber Optics Interrogator to Support Structural Health Monitoring of Reusable Launch Vehicle https://lnkd.in/enpSZrpn

Update #12 for Peregrine Mission One: As Peregrine emerges from a planned communications blackout with NASA’s DSN ground network, we’re pleased to announce the team’s efforts to gather payload data have been fruitful. We have successfully received data from all 9 payloads designed to communicate with the lander. All 10 payloads requiring power have received it, while the remaining 10 payloads aboard the spacecraft are passive. These payloads have now been able to prove operational capability in space and payload teams are analyzing the impact of this development now. We are proud of the mission team for achieving this incredible feat under such challenging circumstances. Below are a list of payloads that have received power: - (pictured) Iris Lunar Rover from Carnegie Mellon University. At the bottom of the overexposed image sent from Peregrine in space are the Iris rover's wheels. To its left is a fuel tank with the American flag. - COLMENA from LINX-UNAM (together with Agencia Espacial Mexicana (AEM)) - M-42 Radiation Detector from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Linear Energy Transfer Spectrometer (LETS) from NASA’s Johnson Space Center - Near-Infrared Volatile Spectrometer System (NIRVSS) from NASA’s Ames Research Center - Neutron Spectrometer System (NSS) from NASA’s Ames Research Center - Peregrine Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer (PITMS) from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, The Open University (OU), NASA, and the European Space Agency (ESA). - Pocari Sweat’s Lunar Dream Time Capsule from Astroscale - Optical Precision Autonomous Landing (OPAL) TRN sensor from Astrobotic - (a subsystem) Navigation Doppler Lidar (NDL) from NASA’s Langley Research Center