2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
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The <strong>Airborne</strong> <strong>Science</strong> and Technology<br />
Laboratory at <strong>NASA</strong> Ames is an element of the<br />
<strong>Airborne</strong> <strong>Science</strong> <strong>Program</strong>, and is responsible<br />
for the development and operation of facility<br />
instrumentation and ancillary systems for<br />
community use by <strong>NASA</strong> investigators. It<br />
also provides engineering support for the<br />
integration of new science instrumentation<br />
onto the <strong>NASA</strong> aircraft. The facility instrument<br />
systems managed by ASTL include the MODIS<br />
and ASTER <strong>Airborne</strong> Simulators (MAS and<br />
MASTER,) the Autonomous Modular Sensor<br />
(AMS) for UAS platforms, and various<br />
tracking cameras and navigation systems for<br />
mission documentation.<br />
This group is also leading the development<br />
of next-generation of airborne science<br />
data networks for the program, and the<br />
associated internet-based “sensor web”<br />
environment, to increase the measurement<br />
potential of the various platforms. In<br />
addition, the lab operates a state-of-theart<br />
infrared instrument calibration facility,<br />
Figure 42<br />
Data flow and flight hardware components for the future standard airborne<br />
data systems (Global Hawk-specific subsystems to the right).<br />
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