NASA Ames Research Center An Overview
Dr. Eugene Tu, Director
University of Colorado Boulder, April 28, 2017
Journey to Mars 60 Years of Mars 1960 Exploration
Soviet Union 2007 Phoenix Scout United States Russia Japan ESA 2011 Curiosity Rover India
2018 Insight Lander
Illustration by: 2020 2020 EXOMARS Rover (ESA) Bryan Christie Design Updated: 2015 4 36 million mi million 36 180- 240,000 mi 240,000 Distance mi Millions 300 mi 62 mi Moon Known 6 Months Near Earth Objects Earth Near Ground Studies Ground 12 Months ISS Studies & free flyers in LEO in flyers free & Studies ISS Unknown Mission Duration Mars 3 Years Early NACA Laboratories
Joseph S. Ames
NASA NACA Langley Ames Lewis Dryden
1915 1939 1940 1946 1958 Goddard Institute for Space Studies NASA Centers andPlum Brook Installations Independent Glenn Research Station Verification and Center Ames Validation Facility Research Center Goddard Space Flight Center
Headquarters
Jet Propulsion Wallops Laboratory Flight Facility Kennedy Space Center Langley Armstrong Flight Research Research Center Center Johnson Space Stennis White Sands Michoud Marshall Space Center Space Center Test Facility Assembly Flight Center Facility 75 Years of Innovation @ Ames Lunar SOFIA Apollo Prospector Guidance Tektites X-36 System 2015
Blunt Body Space Biology Pioneer 10/11 Kepler Flight Concept SSERVI Simulator Galileo 2000 Apollo Heat 1990 Shield Tests Mars Science Lab Sustainability Base Lifting Body Pioneer 1980 Human Transonic Venus Flow Centered Computing Viking Life Sciences IRIS Research 1970 Flight Aero Research Air NASA Institute 1960 Transportation Nanotechnology Research System Park Swept- LCROSS Back/Wing Apollo Tiltrotor ISS Re-Entry Shape CFD 1950 ER-2 LADEE Astrobiology Hypervelocity Institute Conical Camber Free Flight Kuiper Observatory 80x120 Wind Tunnel Arcjet Quantum Pleiades 1940 Research Computing • Occupants: ~1130 civil servants; ~2,100 contractors;1,650 tenants Ames Research Center 855 summer students in 2016 • FY2016 Budget: ~$915M (including reimbursable/EUL) • ~1,900 acres (400 acres security perimeter); 5M building ft2 • Airfield: ~9,000 and 8,000 ft runways Ames Core Competencies
Air Traffic Management Advanced Computing Entry Systems & IT Systems Intelligent/Adaptive Systems
Astrobiology and Life Science Cost-Effective Space Missions Aerosciences Space and Earth Sciences Air Traffic Management Controller-Managed CMS Spacing in Terminal Flight Deck Interval Airspace FIM Management for Arrival Operations
Traffic Management TMA-TM Advisor with Terminal Metering UAS Traffic Management Air Traffic Demonstration – ATD-1 Entry Systems
PICA
MSL Thermal Protection System
ADEPT
MEDLI Interaction Heating Facility Advanced IT and Computing Systems
Supercomputing Systems
Big Data Analytics
NEX
Quantum Computing
Large Scale Visualization Enterprise Managed Cloud Computing Disruptive Technologies Modeling and Simulation Advanced IT and Computing Systems
Capacity Computing Capability Time Critical Computing Computing KEPLER Intelligent Adaptive Systems Planetary Lake Lander Adaptive science for dynamic phenomena Payload & Drill in deep-space Subsystem missions. Field testing in Chile. Activity Mission Planning And Planning For Mars Astronauts Self- Scheduling For scheduling And Human Robotic Planning Teams / Future Self Driving Car Adapt space robotics Distributed Ops Testing technlology to “fleet Activity Mission management” use. Planning For Partnering Lander Concept Crew On ISS
Synchronized OVEN Position Reactor Heater Hold, Engage Reorient, Astrobee Free- Experimental Flyer Satellites Autonomous nav, docking and recharge, and mobile sensor IVA work on the ISS Cost-Effective Space Missions @ Ames
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LCROSS (2009) LADEE (2013) PhoneSat (2013), EDSN (2013) Aerosciences Astrobiology and Life Sciences
Icy Worlds: Habitability and Life Detection
Mars: Habitability Experimental Origin and Nature of of Early Mars cassette for Life, Co-evolution Seedling Growth-2 with Planet Earth Solar System and Beyond: Our Journey of Discovery Exoplanet Biosignatures
OsmoAc$agent$soluAon$ Feed$Side$ Sacrificial$Fa Na+ Na+ ClH$ ClH$ Cell$ Advanced Life Support Technologies Na+ Cell$ ClH$ Na Na+ H$ + Cl ClH$ Technology: Technology Drives Exploration Global Partnerships Employing Collaborative Technologies Regenerable water processing membrane Water Recovery Air Revitalization Waste Recovery NASA Astrobiology Institute LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE Space and Earth Sciences Understanding MarsColumn Visible Climate Dust Opacity at Ls: 281 90 60 30 With Clouds 0 Latitude -30 -60 -90 90 60 30 Without Clouds 0 Latitude -30 -60 -90 -180 -150 -120 -90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 E Longitude Global Circulation Model Field Studies in Kepler Antartica REMS 2007: CheMin installed in MSL SAM In Support of Curiosity ChemCam SOFIA Major Research Facilities Advanced Wind Tunnels ARC Jet Complex Range Complex Simulators Supercomputing Partnerships at Ames Inter-Agency Commercial Virtual Institutes NASA Research Park International Bay View Eastside/ Airfield NASA Ames Campus Shenandoah Historic District NRP South Campus Academia Analogy: History of Aviation DC-3 (1935) X-1A (1946) X-2 (1952) NASA launched Kitty Hawk (1903) Boeing 247 (1934) AT&T Telstar (1962) X-15 (1959) Space Aviation FAA, NASA (1958) NACA (1915) Airline Deregulation Civil Aeronautics Act (1938) Act (1978) Air Commerce Act (1926) 22 The Air Mail Act (1925) Commercial Space Transportation Commercial Resupply Services Commercial Crew Program The Canadarm 2 reaches out to grapple the SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and prepare it to be pulled into its port on the ISS. (4/17/2015) Pad 39-A (2/19/17): SpaceX CRS-10 “Dragon”, Pad 39-A (11/9/67): Apollo 4, the Pad 39-A (4/12/81): STS-1,: John Young first launch from Pad 39-A since the final space first test flight of Saturn V. and Bob Crippen flew Columbia for 2days shuttle mission. Opportunities at Ames Upcoming openings: • Computer Scientists • Engineers: Aerospace, Software, Electrical, Materials, Systems • Physical Scientists: Astrobiology, Biosciences, Space, and Earth Sciences • Business Operations (HR, Public Affairs, Procurement, IT) Pathways and Education Programs: Internships, Fellowships, Intern Employment and Recent Graduate Program • Engineering Physical Scientist • www.usajobs.gov • Human Resources • Finance • Business Administration intern.nasa.gov nasajobs.nasa.gov nasapeople.nasa.gov 26 Questions?