Spacecraft designs often require optimizations for low power. When low power is required, design options become limited. The Lunar Environment Monitoring Station (LEMS) exemplifies how requirements for low power can have ramifications across a system, even impacting Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design. LEMS is a standalone instrument suite concept with a number of … [Read more...] about Impacts of Low-Power Requirements on the LEMS HMS Design
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A Tale of Two Telescopes
Dr. Asad M. Madni is an IEEE-HKN Eminent Member, our Society’s highest membership classification. He is an IEEE Life Fellow and was awarded the 2022 IEEE Medal of Honor, adding to the many honors and awards he has earned throughout his career. He currently serves as a Distinguished Adjunct Professor/Distinguished Scientist in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department … [Read more...] about A Tale of Two Telescopes
Commanding the James Webb Space Telescope: OSS and Event-Driven Operations
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a space-based, near- to mid-infrared observatory that follows a novel engineering design: Unlike its infrared predecessors such as the Spitzer Space Telescope and Herschel Space Observatory, and many other observatories of similar designs, JWST employs the use of a segmented primary mirror and a Sunshield the size of a tennis court. The … [Read more...] about Commanding the James Webb Space Telescope: OSS and Event-Driven Operations
Redefining What’s Possible at NASA: Gizzi Revels in Defying The Odds
Artificial intelligence (AI) and NASA may not have been on Dr. Evana Gizzi’s mind when she was a math major at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Lowell, but she’s an example of how you don’t have to have your career path figured out when you’re an undergraduate. For more about this article see link below. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10113486 For the … [Read more...] about Redefining What’s Possible at NASA: Gizzi Revels in Defying The Odds
