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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Ames Overview NewSpace Conference 18 July 2009
Lew Braxton Deputy Center Director www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NACA Laboratories NACA
Ames
NASA Dryden
Joseph S. Ames
Langley
1915 www.nasa.gov
Lewis
1939 1940
1946
1958
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
First Century of Flight, Ames Visitors
Orville Wright
Charles Lindbergh
Jimmy Doolittle Wernher Von Braun www.nasa.gov
Neal Armstrong
Chuck Yeager
John Glenn
Edward Teller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seven Decades of Innovation NASA Lunar Science Institute X-36
2010
2000 Human Centered Computing
Tektites Pioneer
SOFIA Flight SimulatorBlunt Body Viking Pioneer Venus
Transonic Flow
Life Sciences Research Lifting Body
1970
1980
Lunar Prospector
Air Transportation System Tiltrotor
1960 SweptBack/Wing
1990
Galileo
Concept
Kepler
Astrobiology
NASA Research Park
Kuiper Observatory
Flight Research
1950
ER-2
Nanotechnology
LCROSS
CFD
Conical Camber
1940
www.nasa.gov
Arcjet Research Hypervelocity Free Flight
80x120 Wind Tunnel
One of the World’s Fastest Operational Supercomputers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Contributions to Apollo Technology Research
Free Flight Ablation Test, Blunt Body Re-entry Studies
H. Julian Allen Ames Director During Apollo Program
Navigation Simulator Steerable Parachute
Moon Sample Analysis
Lunar Surface Magnetometer
Launch Escape System Unitary Plan WT
Dr. Cyril Ponnamperuma Analyzing Moon Sample
Life Sciences Glove Boxes, Lunar Receiving Facility www.nasa.gov
Guidance System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Ames Research Center Today • • • • • • •
Science (Earth-Life-Space) Astrobiology Science Missions Exploration Systems Small Satellites Aviation and Aeronautics Innovative Collaborations
2400+ Employees • $700+ M Annual Budget • www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Astrobiology
• Scientific Study of Life in the Universe • Three Fundamental Questions – How does life begin and evolve? – Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? – What is life’s future on Earth -- and beyond?
• NASA Astrobiology Institute at Ames – Dr. Carl Pilcher, Director – 12 Lead Member Institutions – 6 International Partners www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Lunar Science
• Science…
- Of the Moon
- On the Moon - From the Moon
•NASA Lunar Science Institute at Ames
Dr. David Morrison, Interim Director 7 Lead Member Institutions 3 International Partners www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Other Science at Ames
• Earth Sciences. Focusing on the science issues associated with global change, the Division's research is particularly concerned with atmospheric a ecosystem science and biosphere/atmosphere interaction.
• Space Biosciences. The Division of Space Biosciences provide bioscience knowledge, engineering innovation, and operations capability to extend human presence beyond Earth.
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Projects
Haughton-Mars
Space Station Biological Research SOFIA
Galileo Probe
Pioneers 10 & 11 PAET Tilt Rotor
Kuiper
Infrared Astronomy Satellite Lunar Prospector
M2-F2 Pioneer Venus LCROSS Viking Life Detection Experiment
1960
1970
Psychology Systems Experiment
1980
1990
2000
Cosmos / Bion
www.nasa.gov
Biosatellite
Neurolab
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kepler: The Search for Habitable Planets • Search for Earth-size and smaller planets in orbit around stars in our galactic neighborhood • Launched March 2009 • First light April 2009
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) •
Lunar Kinetic Impactor Mission employed to reveal the presence and nature of water ice on the Moon • LCROSS piggy backing on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter •
April 2009 launch
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Will seek new information about the tenuous lunar atmosphere and dust environment before that environment is altered by extended human activity on the Moon. www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pharmasat • Collaboration w/ industry and local universities • Fully-automated, miniaturized triple cubesat spaceflight system for biological payloads • Measures the influence of microgravity upon yeast resistance to an antifungal agent www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Satellites/Suborbital Flight
• Advance the effectiveness of low cost experiments in support of NASA’s exploration missions and advanced technical demonstrations – – – – – – – www.nasa.gov
Lasercom/IP XNAV Lunar Micro-Lander Lunar Science Orbiter GeneBox GeneSat-1 Suborbital Flights
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy • Explore the infrared universe flying above interference from the Earth’s water vapor atmosphere • National Academy priority from Decadal Surveys, 1991 & 2001
www.nasa.gov
2.8 m IR telescope in 747 aircraft 160 flights per year
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Exploration Systems • • • • •
Thermal Protection Systems Mission Operations Integrated Systems Health Management Software Deliverables to Missions Information Technology (Autonomy, Human Factors) • Super Computing
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Thermal Protection Materials and Arc-Jet Facility
• ARC leads development of Orion’s thermal protection system • Testing and/or materials for all US planetary atmospheric entry systems; Support for Apollo, Shuttle, and Crew Exploration Vehicle Backshell
Heatshield
Design
Testing
Lunar Direct Return & Low Earth Orbit heat shield www.nasa.gov
Ablative Thermal Protection
Analysis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Information Technology • Intelligent Adaptive System ―
Autonomous systems and robotics
– Integrated Systems Health Management – Robust software systems • Super Computing, Large Data Sets & Datamining – High-end computing resources, integrated with modelin and simulation, data analysis, and visualization technologies – The second-most-powerful “green” supercomputer in the world • ARC provides overall management of Information Technology systems for Constellation www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Traffic Management/ Air Traffic Control • Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) has had significant positive impact on the National Airspace System (NAS) • Estimated annual savings of $400M/year to airlines Free Flight Planner
Surface Movement Advisor
www.nasa.gov
New Tools for Air Traffic Control: TMA--Deployed at 11 sites-Soon to be nation-wide!!
Surface Movement Advisor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Green Aviation • Environmentally Responsible Aviation • Air traffic control & management • Automation technologies to reduce emissions • Biomass energy • Optimal routing of flights, automated separation assurance, and advanced aircraft control systems Improved propulsion systems • Advanced aircraft concepts • Fuel cells • Airships www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wind Tunnels • • • • • • •
•Space Shuttle •Constellation www.nasa.gov
Space transportation vehicles require significant wind tunnel testing to address configuration development for planetary exit and reentry challenges
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Simulators Future Flight Central
Vertical Motion Simulator www.nasa.gov
Crew-Vehicle Systems Research Facility
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Research Park Innovative Collaboration in Science, Engineering & Education
Under Development
UC
50+ Partners Today: University Associates Google-North East section University of California/UARC-Building 555 M2MI Corporation-Building 19 Carnegie Mellon University – Bldg 23 San Jose State University-Metropolitan Technology Center in Building 583C Foothill-De Anza Community College United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation-Building 19 Space Technology Center-San Jose State, Stanford, Santa Clara Univ., Utah State Univ. /Micro Satellite Classes Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation-Building 19 Bloom Energy-Building 543 (Fuel Cell Research) Industry Partners-Building 566 & 19 www.nasa.gov UAV Center-Building 18
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) 10 year, $330 M contract between NASA Ames and University of California UC Santa Cruz is lead UC institution-Ranked 1st in – Space Science by ISI Beyond grants and support contracts – Tasks that are part of NASA’s critical milestones – Flexibility to change tasks as needs – arise UC: 10 Campuses, 3 National – Laboratories $18B annual budget – 4 UC campuses rated among – top 15 worldwide –
UC System
Davis Berkeley San Francisco
Merced
Santa Cruz
5 Northern California Campuses
Santa Barbara Riverside
Los Angeles Irvine www.nasa.gov
San Diego
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Google • •
40-year agreement Google will lease 42.2 acres of unimproved land in the NASA Research Park to construct up to 1.2 million square feet of offices, research and development (R&D) facilities, and housing in a campus-style setting • NASA and Google are planning to work together on a variety of areas, including large-scale data management, massively distributed computing, bio-info-nano convergence, and encouragement of the entrepreneurial space industry.
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University Associates
The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and Foothill-De Anza Community College District will partn with NASA Ames to establish a sustainable communit for education and research at the NASA Research Park (NRP). Other university partners may join later.
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Ames Educational Activities Student Space Biology Research Program (Ames PAO Education Program
Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP) Summer High School Apprentice Research Program (SHARP)
JASON Project
2000
Foothill DeAnza Internship Program
Ames Cooperative Education Programs
90 19 80 19 70 19
Stanford Visiting Professors Programs
NASA Explorer Schools
Ames Exploration Encounter
60 19 50 19 www.nasa.gov
Robotics Alliance Project
First MOU with Santa Clara University
California Academic Partnership Program
Aero Expo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ISU and SU • ISU is an institution founded on the vision of a peaceful, prosperous and boundless future through the study, exploration and development of Space for the benefit of all humanity. • 2009 Space Studies Program to be held at Ames Research Center. Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges. www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Leveraging NRP Resources Rotorcraft
Army Rotorcraft
H211, LLC Aircraft
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Zero-G Corporation
Airship Ventures
www.nasa.gov
NASA Ames Overview NewSpace Conference 18 July 2009
Lew Braxton Deputy Center Director www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NACA Laboratories NACA
Ames
NASA Dryden
Joseph S. Ames
Langley
1915 www.nasa.gov
Lewis
1939 1940
1946
1958
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
First Century of Flight, Ames Visitors
Orville Wright
Charles Lindbergh
Jimmy Doolittle Wernher Von Braun www.nasa.gov
Neal Armstrong
Chuck Yeager
John Glenn
Edward Teller
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Seven Decades of Innovation NASA Lunar Science Institute X-36
2010
2000 Human Centered Computing
Tektites Pioneer
SOFIA Flight SimulatorBlunt Body Viking Pioneer Venus
Transonic Flow
Life Sciences Research Lifting Body
1970
1980
Lunar Prospector
Air Transportation System Tiltrotor
1960 SweptBack/Wing
1990
Galileo
Concept
Kepler
Astrobiology
NASA Research Park
Kuiper Observatory
Flight Research
1950
ER-2
Nanotechnology
LCROSS
CFD
Conical Camber
1940
www.nasa.gov
Arcjet Research Hypervelocity Free Flight
80x120 Wind Tunnel
One of the World’s Fastest Operational Supercomputers
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Contributions to Apollo Technology Research
Free Flight Ablation Test, Blunt Body Re-entry Studies
H. Julian Allen Ames Director During Apollo Program
Navigation Simulator Steerable Parachute
Moon Sample Analysis
Lunar Surface Magnetometer
Launch Escape System Unitary Plan WT
Dr. Cyril Ponnamperuma Analyzing Moon Sample
Life Sciences Glove Boxes, Lunar Receiving Facility www.nasa.gov
Guidance System
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Ames Research Center Today • • • • • • •
Science (Earth-Life-Space) Astrobiology Science Missions Exploration Systems Small Satellites Aviation and Aeronautics Innovative Collaborations
2400+ Employees • $700+ M Annual Budget • www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Astrobiology
• Scientific Study of Life in the Universe • Three Fundamental Questions – How does life begin and evolve? – Does life exist elsewhere in the universe? – What is life’s future on Earth -- and beyond?
• NASA Astrobiology Institute at Ames – Dr. Carl Pilcher, Director – 12 Lead Member Institutions – 6 International Partners www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Lunar Science
• Science…
- Of the Moon
- On the Moon - From the Moon
•NASA Lunar Science Institute at Ames
Dr. David Morrison, Interim Director 7 Lead Member Institutions 3 International Partners www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Other Science at Ames
• Earth Sciences. Focusing on the science issues associated with global change, the Division's research is particularly concerned with atmospheric a ecosystem science and biosphere/atmosphere interaction.
• Space Biosciences. The Division of Space Biosciences provide bioscience knowledge, engineering innovation, and operations capability to extend human presence beyond Earth.
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Projects
Haughton-Mars
Space Station Biological Research SOFIA
Galileo Probe
Pioneers 10 & 11 PAET Tilt Rotor
Kuiper
Infrared Astronomy Satellite Lunar Prospector
M2-F2 Pioneer Venus LCROSS Viking Life Detection Experiment
1960
1970
Psychology Systems Experiment
1980
1990
2000
Cosmos / Bion
www.nasa.gov
Biosatellite
Neurolab
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Kepler: The Search for Habitable Planets • Search for Earth-size and smaller planets in orbit around stars in our galactic neighborhood • Launched March 2009 • First light April 2009
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) •
Lunar Kinetic Impactor Mission employed to reveal the presence and nature of water ice on the Moon • LCROSS piggy backing on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter •
April 2009 launch
Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) Will seek new information about the tenuous lunar atmosphere and dust environment before that environment is altered by extended human activity on the Moon. www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Pharmasat • Collaboration w/ industry and local universities • Fully-automated, miniaturized triple cubesat spaceflight system for biological payloads • Measures the influence of microgravity upon yeast resistance to an antifungal agent www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Small Satellites/Suborbital Flight
• Advance the effectiveness of low cost experiments in support of NASA’s exploration missions and advanced technical demonstrations – – – – – – – www.nasa.gov
Lasercom/IP XNAV Lunar Micro-Lander Lunar Science Orbiter GeneBox GeneSat-1 Suborbital Flights
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
SOFIA - Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy • Explore the infrared universe flying above interference from the Earth’s water vapor atmosphere • National Academy priority from Decadal Surveys, 1991 & 2001
www.nasa.gov
2.8 m IR telescope in 747 aircraft 160 flights per year
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Exploration Systems • • • • •
Thermal Protection Systems Mission Operations Integrated Systems Health Management Software Deliverables to Missions Information Technology (Autonomy, Human Factors) • Super Computing
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Thermal Protection Materials and Arc-Jet Facility
• ARC leads development of Orion’s thermal protection system • Testing and/or materials for all US planetary atmospheric entry systems; Support for Apollo, Shuttle, and Crew Exploration Vehicle Backshell
Heatshield
Design
Testing
Lunar Direct Return & Low Earth Orbit heat shield www.nasa.gov
Ablative Thermal Protection
Analysis
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Information Technology • Intelligent Adaptive System ―
Autonomous systems and robotics
– Integrated Systems Health Management – Robust software systems • Super Computing, Large Data Sets & Datamining – High-end computing resources, integrated with modelin and simulation, data analysis, and visualization technologies – The second-most-powerful “green” supercomputer in the world • ARC provides overall management of Information Technology systems for Constellation www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Traffic Management/ Air Traffic Control • Traffic Management Advisor (TMA) has had significant positive impact on the National Airspace System (NAS) • Estimated annual savings of $400M/year to airlines Free Flight Planner
Surface Movement Advisor
www.nasa.gov
New Tools for Air Traffic Control: TMA--Deployed at 11 sites-Soon to be nation-wide!!
Surface Movement Advisor
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Green Aviation • Environmentally Responsible Aviation • Air traffic control & management • Automation technologies to reduce emissions • Biomass energy • Optimal routing of flights, automated separation assurance, and advanced aircraft control systems Improved propulsion systems • Advanced aircraft concepts • Fuel cells • Airships www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wind Tunnels • • • • • • •
•Space Shuttle •Constellation www.nasa.gov
Space transportation vehicles require significant wind tunnel testing to address configuration development for planetary exit and reentry challenges
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Simulators Future Flight Central
Vertical Motion Simulator www.nasa.gov
Crew-Vehicle Systems Research Facility
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Research Park Innovative Collaboration in Science, Engineering & Education
Under Development
UC
50+ Partners Today: University Associates Google-North East section University of California/UARC-Building 555 M2MI Corporation-Building 19 Carnegie Mellon University – Bldg 23 San Jose State University-Metropolitan Technology Center in Building 583C Foothill-De Anza Community College United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation-Building 19 Space Technology Center-San Jose State, Stanford, Santa Clara Univ., Utah State Univ. /Micro Satellite Classes Kentucky Science & Technology Corporation-Building 19 Bloom Energy-Building 543 (Fuel Cell Research) Industry Partners-Building 566 & 19 www.nasa.gov UAV Center-Building 18
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) 10 year, $330 M contract between NASA Ames and University of California UC Santa Cruz is lead UC institution-Ranked 1st in – Space Science by ISI Beyond grants and support contracts – Tasks that are part of NASA’s critical milestones – Flexibility to change tasks as needs – arise UC: 10 Campuses, 3 National – Laboratories $18B annual budget – 4 UC campuses rated among – top 15 worldwide –
UC System
Davis Berkeley San Francisco
Merced
Santa Cruz
5 Northern California Campuses
Santa Barbara Riverside
Los Angeles Irvine www.nasa.gov
San Diego
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Google • •
40-year agreement Google will lease 42.2 acres of unimproved land in the NASA Research Park to construct up to 1.2 million square feet of offices, research and development (R&D) facilities, and housing in a campus-style setting • NASA and Google are planning to work together on a variety of areas, including large-scale data management, massively distributed computing, bio-info-nano convergence, and encouragement of the entrepreneurial space industry.
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University Associates
The University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) and Foothill-De Anza Community College District will partn with NASA Ames to establish a sustainable communit for education and research at the NASA Research Park (NRP). Other university partners may join later.
www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA Ames Educational Activities Student Space Biology Research Program (Ames PAO Education Program
Minority University Research and Education Program (MUREP) Summer High School Apprentice Research Program (SHARP)
JASON Project
2000
Foothill DeAnza Internship Program
Ames Cooperative Education Programs
90 19 80 19 70 19
Stanford Visiting Professors Programs
NASA Explorer Schools
Ames Exploration Encounter
60 19 50 19 www.nasa.gov
Robotics Alliance Project
First MOU with Santa Clara University
California Academic Partnership Program
Aero Expo
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
ISU and SU • ISU is an institution founded on the vision of a peaceful, prosperous and boundless future through the study, exploration and development of Space for the benefit of all humanity. • 2009 Space Studies Program to be held at Ames Research Center. Singularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity’s grand challenges. www.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Leveraging NRP Resources Rotorcraft
Army Rotorcraft
H211, LLC Aircraft
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Zero-G Corporation
Airship Ventures
www.nasa.gov
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