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Mar 2010
Web-Based Requesting and Scheduling Use of Facilities

Automated User’s Training Operations Facility Utilization Request (AutoFUR) is prototype software that administers a Web-based system for requesting and allocating facilities and equipment for astronaut-training classes in conjunction with scheduling the classes. AutoFUR also has potential for similar use in such applications as scheduling flight-simulation equipment and instructors in ...
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Processing AIRS Scientific Data Through Level 3

The Atmospheric Infra-Red Sounder (AIRS) Science Processing System (SPS) is a collection of computer programs, known as product generation executives (PGEs). The AIRS SPS PGEs are used for processing measurements received from the AIRS suite of infrared and microwave instruments orbiting the Earth onboard NASA’s Aqua spacecraft. Early stages ...
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Coordinating “Execute” Data for ISS and Space Shuttle

The Joint Execute Package Development and Integration tool is a Web utility program that provides an integrated capability to generate and manage messages and “execute” package data for members of a space shuttle and the International Space Station (ISS). (An “execute” package consists of flight plans, short-term plans, procedure updates, ...
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Nov 2009
Flightspeed Integral Image Analysis Toolkit
Work Coordination Engine
Multi-Mission Automated Task Invocation Subsystem
Autonomously Calibrating a Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
Determining Spacecraft Reaction Wheel Friction Parameters
Sep 2009
Computer Code for Nanostructure Simulation
Qualifying Software for Nuclear-Safety-Related Calculations
Acoustic Structure Interactions
Analysis of Transient Electric Dipole
Spacecraft Station-Keeping Trajectory and Mission Design Tools
Integrated Modeling of Spacecraft Touch-And-Go SamplingIntegrated Modeling of Spacecraft Touch-And-Go Sampling
Simulation of Attitude and Trajectory Dynamics and Control of Multiple Spacecraft
Port-O-Sim Object Simulation Application
Efficient Model-Based Diagnosis Engine
FPGA Boot Loader and Scrubber
DSN Simulator
Proton Upset Monte Carlo Simulation
Using Thermal Radiation in Detection of Negative Obstacles
Planning Flight Paths of Autonomous Aerobots
Tracking Debris Shed by a Space-Shuttle Launch Vehicle
Oxygen Generation System Laptop Bus Controller Flight Software
Estimating Thruster Impulses From IMU and Doppler Data
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