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Observation and Exploration:
Advancing the Civil Space Mission
Volume 9, Number 2 (Winter 2008/2009)
From the Editors
Headlines
Profile
David A. Bearden
Down to Earth: Aerospace Expertise in Support of Civilian Government Agencies
In the 1970s, Aerospace sought to apply its scientific and engineering expertise to projects outside the realm of national security space. Much of that visionary work is as relevant today as it was 30 years ago.
NASA's Greatest Observatory—The Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope has been sending back spectacular images of the universe for more than 18 years. The Aerospace Corporation has been a partner in this scientific mission since 1993, performing numerous independent assessments to help keep Hubble flying.
Maintaining the Legacy of Landsat
Landsat space satellites have been gathering and relaying land imagery since 1972, offering insight into Earth's ever-changing characteristics. Aerospace has been involved in program development, launches, and anomaly resolution for Landsat missions.
Monitoring the Global Environment from Space
In recent years, NOAA has made additions to its environmental satellite portfolio and continues to develop future systems. Accordingly, the Aerospace role has expanded to include support to these new programs.
Independent Assessments for NASA
The Aerospace Corporation has developed a suite of program and project assessment capabilities that provide input to NASA strategic decisions.
Leveraging the Civil Investment in Space Science
Understanding the space environment and its effects on space systems has been an important endeavor for The Aerospace Corporation throughout its history. Leveraging the civil investment in space science has become a vital strategy for continued progress.
A Vacation in Space: The Aerospace Corporation's Support of Spaceport Development
The Aerospace Corporation has been assisting individual states as they develop plans for spaceports. Aerospace also has been working with the Federal Aviation Administration on issues related to the emerging field of space tourism.
Signal Enhancement for the Human Voice
Scientists at The Aerospace Corporation routinely use signal analysis to study satellite data of the space environment. The techniques applied to study these sounds from space have also proven beneficial to law enforcement efforts to decipher voices.
Flight Systems Engineering for Robotic Spacecraft
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center frequently request The Aerospace Corporation's expertise across a wide range of tasks and applications to meet the nation's space, Earth science, and planetary exploration objectives.
The Moon, Mars, and Beyond
NASA will send a new generation of explorers to the moon, and then on to Mars and other destinations in the solar system. Aerospace is providing its unique expertise to help in this endeavor.
Research Horizons
Solar-Cell Cover Glasses and Coatings
Numerical Weather Prediction
Effect of Solar Energetic Particles on the Space Environment
Bookmarks
Publications, Papers, and Patents by the Technical Staff
The Back Page
The Mars Science Laboratory
Contributors
Puzzle Key
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