NASA-funded Compact Radar Drives Big Changes in Airborne and Suborbital Radar Capabilities A collaboration between NASA and the small business Aloft Sensing produced a new compact radar system that will enable researchers to leverage High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) platforms to observe dynamic Earth systems. This new radar is small, provides highly sensitive measurements, and doesn’t require GPS for positioning; eventually, it could be used on vehicles […] The post NASA-funded Compact Radar Drives Big Changes in Airborne and Suborbital Radar Capabilities first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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How NASA Is Testing AI to Make Earth-Observing Satellites Smarter A technology called Dynamic Targeting could enable spacecraft to decide, autonomously and within seconds, where to best make science observations from orbit. In a recent test, NASA showed how artificial intelligence-based technology could help orbiting spacecraft provide more targeted and valuable science data. The technology enabled an Earth-observing satellite for the first time to look […] The post How NASA Is Testing AI to Make Earth-Observing Satellites Smarter first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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NASA Sensor on Space Station Eyes Contamination off California Coast Proof-of-concept results from the mouth of the Tijuana River in San Diego County show how an instrument called EMIT could aid wastewater detection. An instrument built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory  to map minerals on Earth is now revealing clues about water quality. A recent study found that EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation) […] The post NASA Sensor on Space Station Eyes Contamination off California Coast first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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c-FIRST Team Sets Sights on Future Fire-observing Satellite Constellations Two NASA-developed technologies are key components of a new high-resolution sensor for observing wildfires: High Operating Temperature Barrier Infrared Detector (HOT-BIRD), developed with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), and a cutting-edge Digital Readout Integrated Circuit (DROIC), developed with funding from NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. A novel space-based sensor for […] The post c-FIRST Team Sets Sights on Future Fire-observing Satellite Constellations first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

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