Facet is a flexible softwarebased simulation environment for exploration, development, and evaluation of advanced air traffic management atm concepts. It was the first generalpurpose nasa cfd code for overset chimera grid systems and was released outside of nasa. The team that developed the advanced nasa technology architecture for exploration studies antares was selected as the recipient of three awards, the icb software of the year honorable mention, the icb software release award and the jsc 2008 exceptional software. News star presented to nasa software of the year panel. The activity was held at the nasa ames research center from june 15, with eight nasa centers participating in the activity. Nasa technology awards and incentives strategic partnerships. Sponsors of the competition include the nasa chief.
Nasa software of the year year titles nasa field center 2014 cbaero. Nasa langley team wins 2016 nasa software of the year. If an offeror intends to use nasa software, a software usage agreement sua, on a nonexclusive, royaltyfree basis, is necessary, and the clause at 48 c. Configurationbased aerodynamics ames research center tool for analysis of surface cracks tasc marshall space flight center 20 mars science laboratory flight software jet propulsion laboratory 2012 quake sim jet propulsion laboratory nasa app ames research center. Nasa glenn research center, cleveland, ohio, 445 operating three unique software defined radios sdrs in a space environment aboard the space communications and navigation scan testbed for over one year has provided an opportunity to gather knowledge useful for future missions considering using software defined radios. Nasas inventions and contributions board icb is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 software of the year soy award competition. Our innovators have also received nasa internal awards, such as invention of the year and software of the year, as well as regional awards, such as team neonortech. Space act awards may be paid to nasa employees, nasa contractor employees, as well as to other government, university, and industry personnel. Salary information comes from 195 data points collected directly from employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on indeed in the past 36 months. Easy to use, eclipse has transformed our partners into efficiently run agencies by automating and streamlining accounting, commercial insurance, policy management, claims and more all in real time.
It was first developed by nasa in 2003 for use on personal computers and then further developed in concert with the open source community since 2004. August 02, 20 a look at the challenges and achievements of curiositys first year on mars. View the latest status of the ozone layer over the antarctic, with a focus on the ozone hole. Uas traffic management services utm software was selected as the winner of nasa s 2019 software of the year soy award the agencywide annual soy competition rewards highquality, innovative, and robust software using efficient software engineering processes that meet nasa s stringent safety and reliability standards.
On february 28, 20, nasa chief engineer mike ryschkewitsch officially approved the software engineering handbook swehb, which is now available to nasa practitioners online at the swehb is a sort of hitchhikers guide to the 5 software engineering requirements in nasa procedural requirement npr 7150. Software eligible for the award must have nasa intellectual property interest, be of commercial grade, and be available to appropriate commercial users or dedicated to a nasa mission. View manish nasas profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Nov 04, 2016 learn more about the pegasus 5 software and nasas adv. A mixedreality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk on mars recently received nasa s 2018 software of the year award. Ivy deliz, steve hillenius, bob kanefsky, jessica marquez, jimin zheng playbook for crew autonomous scheduling test cast nasa ames research center honor. Icb announces winners of 2016 software of the year competition. Though somewhat taylored towards cfd visualisation, this package can be used to visualize any scalar and vector data that can be mapped to a plot3d or unstructured grid. Onsight uses imagery from nasas curiosity rover to create an immersive 3d terrain model, allowing users to wander the actual dunes and valleys explored by the robot. An image of distant galaxies captured by the nasaesa hubble space telescope.
The second package performs nonlinear surface crack analysis to prevent critical structure failures. Nasas software engineering handbook released appel. Nasa quakesim and nasa mobile app win nasa software award. Two nasa software design teams have received the agencys prestigious software of the year award for 2014. Nasa presents software of the year award by sonja alexander and priscilla vega, jplnasa. Uas traffic management services utm software was selected as the winner of nasa s 2019 software of the year soy award. Facet is a flexible software based simulation environment for exploration, development, and evaluation of advanced air traffic management atm concepts. That great things take many people working together to make them happen is one of the fantastic things of human existence. Aug 17, 2017 terminal sequencing and spacing tsas for air traffic control was selected as the winner of nasa s 2017 software of the year soy award the agencywide annual competition for software of the year rewards highquality, innovative and robust software using efficient software engineering processes that meet nasa s stringent safety and reliability standards. Mars virtual reality software wins nasa award nasas mars. Nasdeveloped pegasus 5 wings its way to nasas software. Students work on project prompts sourced from crew feedback and subject matter experts to solve real needs for astronauts and the international space station. Pegasus5 nasa software of the year nasas ames research center. Nasas software of the year award is designed to reward outstanding software developed for the agency.
The agencywide annual competition for software of the year rewards highquality, innovative and robust software using efficient software engineering processes that meet nasas stringent safety and reliability standards. Get the latest updates on nasa missions, watch nasa tv live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Icb announces winner of 2018 software of the year competition. The package includes tools for such things as calculating user defined scalar and vector quantities. May 12, 2020 an image of distant galaxies captured by the nasa esa hubble space telescope. Flow analysis software toolkit fast is a software environment for analyzing data from numerical simulations. Both ames and jpl have won individually or shared the award several times since it was initiated in 1994. She later founded two software companieshigher order software in 1976 and.
An innovative software tool for air traffic management, called terminal sequencing and spacing, or tsas, will help planes descend more. Nasa is a privatelyowned insurance software company, held accountable by over 1,100 independent agencies in more than 36 states. All eclipse calculations are by fred espenak, and he assumes full responsibility for their accuracy. Software assurance is defined as t he level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its life cycle, and that the software functions in an intended manner the objective of nasa software assurance and software safety is to ensure that the processes. Onsight uses imagery from nasa s curiosity rover to create an immersive 3d terrain model, allowing users to wander the actual dunes and valleys explored by the robot. Since 1990, to recognize inventors of exceptional, cuttingedge nasa technologies, the nasa inventions and contributions board has rewarded outstanding scientific and technical contributions through the nasa invention. Each software technology nominated for this award represents the best software from its respective center. The intelligent robotics groups irg neogeography toolkit ngt received an honorable mention for nasas software of the year award. Nasa software of the year 2006 the future atm concepts evaluation tool facet was selected for nasa s 2006 software of the year award.
The inventions and contributions board, run by the nasa office of general counsel. The competition is sponsored by the nasa chief engineer, the nasa chief information officer and the nasa office of safety and mission assurance. The inventions and contributions board is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016. She was director of the software engineering division of the mit instrumentation laboratory, which developed onboard flight software for nasas apollo program. Nasdeveloped pegasus 5 wings its way to nasas software of. Nasas realtime science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Some of the information presented on this web site is based on data originally published in fifty year canon of solar eclipses. The more recent java version, worldwind java, is cross platform, a software development kit sdk aimed at developers and, unlike the old. Ivy deliz, steve hillenius, bob kanefsky, jessica marquez, jimin zheng playbook for crew autonomous scheduling test cast nasa ames research center honor award.
Ngt is a collection of highperformance software tools that automate the processing of geospatial data. The software of the year competition recognizes development teams who have set high standards for significant software that is. Neogeography toolkit receives honorable mention for nasa software of the year award. Todd callantine, everett palmer, tom prevot terminal sequencing and spacing tsas software for air traffic control. Our innovators have received awards from numerous external organizations, including. A mixedreality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk on mars recently received nasas 2018 software of the year award. Nasa software of the year 2006 nasa ames aviation systems. For most space objects, we use lightyears to describe their distance. Air traffic winwin wins nasa software of the year nasa. Aura is a large contributer to this nasa web site which show how satellite data of air pollution may be used for health, air quality, and agriculturalfood security applications. Npss team wins prestigious nasa software of the year award. Our scientists and hardworking robots are exploring the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Nasa presents software of the year award this view results from the observation of a target selected autonomously by aegis onboard the opportunity mars rover. A light year is the distance light travels in one earth year. This wikibased nasa technical handbook provides users and practitioners with guidance material for implementing the requirements of npr 7150. Nasa software of the year 2006 the future atm concepts evaluation tool facet was selected for nasas 2006 software of the year award. A lightyear is the distance light travels in one earth year. Lessons learned in the first year operating software. Staff also supports the cio for nasa software of the year competition. Organized into 15 categories, the catalog includes software for data processingstorage, business systems, operations, propulsion, and aeronautics. Drive around the red planet and gather information in this fun coding game.
Excellence in software is vital to the agencys leadership role in developing aeronautics and space technologies and transferring them to government and industry. Nasa finds fundamental software problems in boeings. Explore the many volcanoes in our solar system using the space volcano explorer. According to independent analyses by nasa and the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa, earths global surface temperatures in 2019 were the second warmest since modern recordkeeping began in 1880. One light year is about 6 trillion miles 9 trillion km. As of 2017, a webbased version of worldwind is available online. An annual award given by the inventions and contributions board for nasadeveloped software that has significantly. Tool for analysis of surface cracks tasc 2014 nasa software of the year cowinner mfs330821 materials and processes technical information system maptisii mfs322061 bearing analysis tool bat mfs318641. Prior to onsight, scientists worked primarily by viewing 2d images. The office of general counsel sponsors and selects the nasa invention of the year award winners, supported by technical assistance and recommendations from the icb. Nasas latest software catalog offers new codes, easier way to download. A software team from nasa s jet propulsion laboratory was selected as winner of the 2018 software of the year award for their software onsight. On june 14th, 2011, the scheduling, training administration, and records star system was presented to the nasa software of the year soy panel.
Onsight allows scientists and engineers to immerse themselves within a reconstruction of the mars terrain around the curiosity rover. In 1994, he was on the nas division team that developed the incompressible navierstokes cfd solver ins3d code. Software eligible for the award must have nasa intellectual property interest, be of commercial grade, and be available to appropriate commercial users or. Nasa software catalog 201920 nasas software catalog. Auras data objectives have a strong relevance for national interests i. This particular target a piece of crater ejecta near the mars concepcion crater was detected on sol 2172, or march 4, 2010, and the image was captured by the opportunitys panoramic. Software developed by nasa langley allows pilots to take a more proactive role in managing their planes trajectories in the everchanging airspace. The purpose of the competition is to allow the agency to. Doug loverro, the head of human exploration for nasa, said he could not speak to what, if any, connection there might be between the starliners software problems and the issues with the 737 max. Software nasa hunch software program the software program is hunchs newest program and seeks to have students work with nasa to build software applications for the international space station.
Configurationbased aerodynamics ames research center tool for analysis of surface cracks tasc marshall space flight center 20 mars science laboratory flight software jet propulsion laboratory 2012. Learn more about the pegasus 5 software and nasas adv. The panel is a team of software experts with representation from each center and jpl who are assembled to select the winner of the software of the year competition. Excellence in aerospace software is vital to nasas leadership role in developing aeronautics and space technologies and transferring them to. One teams software helps determine the structural loads for aircraft and space vehicles. One lightyear is about 6 trillion miles 9 trillion km. Nasa s innovative software tool for air traffic management, called terminal sequencing and spacing, or tsas, will help planes descend more efficiently by controlling the spacing between individual aircraft, before they even reach the airport. News mars virtual reality software wins nasa award. Dec 08, 2011 nasa presents software of the year award this view results from the observation of a target selected autonomously by aegis onboard the opportunity mars rover. A marshalldeveloped software tool, which looks into nonlinear surface crack analysis to prevent critical structure failures is one of the winners.
Nasa langley team wins 2016 nasa software of the year award nasa. Uas traffic management services utm software was selected as the winner of nasas 2019 software of the year soy award the agencywide annual soy competition rewards highquality, innovative, and robust software using efficient software engineering processes that meet nasas stringent safety and reliability standards. Overflow overset grid flow solver is a software package developed to simulate fluid flow around solid bodies using reynoldsaveraged, navierstokes cfd equations. Dec 09, 2011 nasa presents software of the year award by sonja alexander and priscilla vega, jpl nasa. Oct 10, 2018 a mixedreality software that allows scientists and engineers to virtually walk on mars recently received nasa s 2018 software of the year award. Margaret heafield hamilton born august 17, 1936 was an american computer scientist, systems engineer and business owner. These technologies demonstrated the exceptional innovation and technical advancements achieved by the nasa team. Manish nasa software development manager at amazon web services. The 20192020 nasa software catalog offers hundreds of new software programs you can download for free to use in a wide variety of technical applications. The cart3d team won the nasa software of the year award in 2002. Software assurance is defined as t he level of confidence that software is free from vulnerabilities, either intentionally designed into the software or accidentally inserted at any time during its life cycle, and that the software functions in an intended manner.
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