Peer-to-peer planning for space mission control

Barreiro, Javier; Jones, Grailing; Schaffer, Steve

doi:10.1109/aero.2009.4839709

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“…The Power Planning and Analysis Tool (PLATO) project was a collaboration project that consolidated the existing ISS power planning tasks into a single application with an easily manipulated interface and facilitates the sharing of power-related data with other flight control disciplines. 11 It would still maintain the robust capability of the current power analysis toolset, allowing the specialized flight controllers to delve into the underlying models and modify the analysis parameters for ISS. The HCI Group at Ames developed PLATO, leveraging the SPIFe and Eclipse framework to integrate new power planning models as well as incorporated existing MOD power planning analysis software tools.…”

Section: G Power Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploration Technologies for Operations

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Korsmeyer

Hall

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SpaceOps 2014 Conference

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Although the International Space Station (ISS) assembly has been completed, the Operations support teams continue to seek more efficient and effective ways to prepare for and conduct the ISS operations and future exploration missions beyond low earth orbit. This search for improvement has led to a significant collaboration between the NASA research and advanced software development community at NASA Ames Research Center and the Mission Operations community at NASA Johnson Space Center. Since 2001, NASA Ames Research Center has been developing and applying its advanced intelligent systems and human systems integration research to mission operations tools for several of the unmanned Mars missions operations. Since 2006, NASA Ames Research Center has also been developing and applying its advanced intelligent systems and human systems integration research to mission operations tools for manned operations support with the Mission Operations Directorate at NASA Johnson Space Center. This paper discusses the completion of the development and deployment of a variety of intelligent and human systems technologies adopted for manned mission operations. The technologies associated with the projects include advanced software systems for operations and human-centered computing. Human-centered computing looks to the processes and procedures that people do to perform any given job, then attempts to identify opportunities to improve these processes and procedures. In particular, for mission operations, improvements are quantified by specifically identifying how a tool can increase a person's efficiency, enhance a person's functional capability, and/or improve the assurance of a person's decisions. The Ames development team has collaborated with the Mission Operations team to identify areas of efficiencies through technology infusion applications in support of the "Plan, Train, and Fly" activities of human-spaceflight mission operations. The specific applications discussed in this paper are in the areas of mission planning systems, mission operations design modeling and workflow automation, advanced systems monitoring, mission control technologies, search tools, training management tools, spacecraft solar array management, spacecraft power management, and spacecraft attitude planning. We discuss these specific projects between the Ames Research Center and the Johnson Space Center's Mission Operations Directorate, and how these technologies and projects are enhancing the mission operations support for the International Space Station. We also discuss the challenges, problems, and successes associated with long-distance and multi-year development projects between the research team at Ames and the Mission Operations customers at Johnson Space center. Finally, we discuss how these technology infusion applications and underlying technologies might be used in the future to support on-board 2 operations of the crew and spacecraft systems as human exploration expands beyond low earth orbit to destinations in the solar system where communic...

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Section: G Power Managementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exploration Technologies for Operations

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Korsmeyer

Hall

et al. 2014

SpaceOps 2014 Conference

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“…PHALCON, responsible for the SAP) and another flight controller can see the implications of the changes on the plan they are responsible for (e.g. OpsPlan, responsible for the crew daily plan) [21]. Each controller uses a planner with a model describing their domain.…”

Section: Automation For Operationsmentioning

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When plans are executed by mice and men

Frank

2010

2010 IEEE Aerospace Conference

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In human spaceflight mission operations, plans are executed by human flight controllers and crew. 12 Execution of the plan requires initiation of activities, tracking their progress, verifying activity completion status, and determining how to react to unexpected events. The complexity of spaceflight operations requires the integration of information from many different sources to accomplish these tasks, and using many software tools to assist in the plan execution process. This paper provides a survey of the current state of the practice in helping NASA flight controllers execute plans.The paper then identifies technology gaps in the current tools, and provides a survey of near-and far-term work to provide flight controllers with improved tools for executing human spaceflight plans.

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“…The PLATO project is a collaboration project intended to consolidate all the ISS power planning tasks into a single application with an easily manipulated interface, a front end appearance similar to OSTPV, and which will automate the sharing of power-related data with other flight control disciplines 13 . It would still maintain the robust capability of the current power analysis toolset, allowing the qualified user to delve into the underlying interface and modify the analysis parameters just as PRO can today with the IPS tools.…”

Section: H Power Planning and Analysis Tool (Plato)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Utilization of Intelligent Systems Technologies for Manned Mission Operations Support

Korsmeyer

Smith

2010

SpaceOps 2010 Conference

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With the International Space Station being extended to 2020, there is additional emphasis in the manned spaceflight program to find more efficient and effective ways of providing the ground-based mission support. This search for improvement has led to a cross-fertilization between the advanced software development community and the manned spaceflight operations community. Many mission operations systems and tools have been developed over the past decades as NASA has operated the Mars robotic missions, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station. NASA Ames Research Center has been developing and applying its advanced intelligent systems research to mission operations tools for both unmanned Mars missions operations since 2001 and to manned operations with NASA Johnson Space Center since 2006. In particular, the fundamental advanced software development work, and the experience and capabilities developed for mission operations systems for the Mars Exploration Rovers, and Phoenix Lander have enhanced the development and application of advanced mission operation systems for the International Space Station and future spacecraft. This paper discusses the on-going application of a variety of intelligent systems technologies adopted for manned mission operations. We discuss several specific projects between the Ames Research Center and the Johnson SpaceCenter's Mission Operations Directorate, and how these technologies and projects are enhancing the mission operations support for the International Space Station and preparing for the mission operation support of the future human exploration programs.

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Peer-to-peer planning for space mission control

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

Exploration Technologies for Operations

Exploration Technologies for Operations

When plans are executed by mice and men

Utilization of Intelligent Systems Technologies for Manned Mission Operations Support

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