According to a recent press release, “A NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) team has shown that by using deep learning, it is possible to virtually monitor the Sun’s extreme ultraviolet (EUV) irradiance, which is a key driver of space weather. The Sun is vital for survival, but solar flares, which typically occur a few times […]
NASA Announces Frontier Development Lab 2017 Challenges
by Angela Guess According to a new press release, “NASA Frontier Development Lab (FDL) announced its 2017 challenges and opened the participant application process, with a deadline of April 19, 2017. Hosted in Silicon Valley by the SETI Institute, FDL is a graduate-level summer workshop developed in partnership with NASA Ames Research Center. The eight-week […]
AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Drone Traffic Management System
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “AT&T and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The goal is an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) solution that supports the safe and highly secure operation of drones in the national airspace. AT&T has been […]
NASA Unveils New Public Web Portal for Research Results
by Angela Guess Last week, a press release out of NASA announced, “Public access to NASA-funded research data now is just a click away, with the launch of a new agency public access portal. The creation of the NASA-Funded Research Results portal on NASA.gov reflects the agency’s ongoing commitment to providing broad public access to […]
The Treasure Trove That Is NASA’s Public Data Archives
by Angela Guess Emily Lakdawalla recently wrote in Planetary.org, “One of the great things about NASA is that all the data returned from all of the missions all over the solar system belong to you, the public. A good chunk of what I write about at this blog depends upon NASA’s public data archives, the […]