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The Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) analysts have a challenging task to extract useful information from huge volumes of data from various sources like Full Motion Video (FMV), Wide Area Motion Imagery (WAMI), satellite imagery, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and others. Modern Machine Learning (ML) algorithms based on deep learning have greatly advanced computer vision, speech ...

Thin-ply prepregs offer significant improvements in weight reduction, stiffness and overall mechanical properties over traditional composite laminates. nbsp;Thin plies (lt;0.05 mm/layer) suppress or delay crack initiation in loaded composite structures thereby allowing for manufacturing of lighter, stiffer and more durable composite products. Recent thin-ply prepreg materials, consisting of toughe ...

In this work, we propose the development of an Advanced Nanometer Coordinate Measuring Machine (ANCMM; pronounced rsquo;aŋ-kem) to complement the metrology probe and complete the metrology solution.nbsp; The ANCMM will enable larger, lower cost, and higher quality freeform and aspheric optics, bridging the present gap between commercial coordinate measuring machines (CMMs) and interferometry, and ...

High efficiency photon detection is a critical component for many NASA missions, including both earth monitoring instruments and exoplanet exploration.nbsp; Improved photon detectors provide increased sensitivity, higher resolution, and enable reduced size and weight. For earth sensing, Ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths provide a unique capability to monitor ozone, chlorine compounds, bromine compounds ...

SeeQC (HYPRES) proposes to develop cryogenic multiplexing readout circuitry for superconducting sensor arrays. Our design and advanced multi-layer Niobium fabrication process will enable us to make a compact SQUID based readout fornbsp;large scale superconducting bolometer arrays.Arrays of superconducting transition edge sensors (TES) are frequently deployed in instruments for far infrared (IR) as ...

Multiple engineering organizations will be participating in NASArsquo;s cis-lunar infrastructure development. These organizations, their suppliers and partners create proprietary models of their components and assemblies, often in SysML. Requirements and verification methods referenced in these models often come from NASA, Military, Industry and National Standards and Specifications. DoD, some of ...

The Surface Space Suit Boot (SSSB) is an advanced subsystem level project that addresses several issues in planetary boots including mobility, thermal protection, stability and comfort, and dust migration.nbsp; The SSSB leverages decades of Lunar boot development and includes an advanced ankle mobility joint, a unique closure system, next generation outer garment materials, and an advanced polymer ...

NASA requests a high spatial-resolution, wide-area scan of lunar soil composition, especially within impact craters, that may contain a higher concentration of usable material such as 3He and H2O. Soil with a higher hydrogen content will tend to slow down (i.e., thermalize) neutrons rather than absorb them, thereby depressing the fast and epithermal components of the neutron energy distribution wh ...

A new class of materials, called hierarchical materials, characterized by microstructure rich in features with different length scale, showing revolutionary properties, has emerged recently in multiple application areas, especially in the additivenbsp;manufactured metals and alloys. Similarly, recent advancement innbsp;process control abilities and novel manufacturing technologies have demonstrate ...

Relative navigation of spacecraft has been an area of active research since the Apollo era. nbsp;Optical sensor systems offer a distinct advantage for spacecraft relative navigation applications by collecting passive data to be used as measurement updates; however, these systems often require large databases of feature locations on the deputy spacecraft and a communication link to retrieve IMU dat ...