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ASPEN can support a variety of planning and scheduling applications including spacecraft operations planning, planning for mission design, surface rover planning, ground antenna utilization planning, and coordinated multiple rover planning.

ASPEN

Automated Scheduling and Planning ENvironment

ASPEN can support a variety of planning and scheduling applications including spacecraft operations planning, planning for mission design, surface rover planning, ground antenna utilization planning, and coordinated multiple rover planning.

CASPER uses iterative repair to support continuous modification and updating of a current working plan in light of changing operating context.

CASPER

Continuous Activity Scheduling Planning Execution and Replanning

CASPER uses iterative repair to support continuous modification and updating of a current working plan in light of changing operating context.

Global science coverage of a 5-spacecraft constellation evaluated in the SDC study

Surface Deformation and Change (SDC)

AI-based automated coverage analysis for the Surface, Deformation, and Change decadal survey mission concept

Global science coverage of a 5-spacecraft constellation evaluated in the SDC study

MASCOT is a testbed for autonomy software

MASCOT

Multi-mission Autonomous Spacecraft Operations Testbed

MASCOT is a testbed for autonomy software

The Sensor Web Project uses a network of sensors linked by software and the internet to an autonomous satellite observation response capability.

Volcano Sensorweb

The Sensor Web Project uses a network of sensors linked by software and the internet to an autonomous satellite observation response capability.

We developed a completely autonomous federated scheduling system with modular inputs

NOS Sensorweb

New Observing Strategies

We developed a completely autonomous federated scheduling system with modular inputs

Demonstrated that MEXEC can be integrated and used for spacecraft operations

Mexec on ASTERIA

Scheduling and Execution

Demonstrated that MEXEC can be integrated and used for spacecraft operations

HyspIRI's can collect massive amounts of earth science data.

HyspIRI IPM

Intelligent Payload Module

HyspIRI's can collect massive amounts of earth science data.

We enable spacecrafts to better react to unexpected opportunities and mission uncertainty.

Agile Science

We enable spacecrafts to better react to unexpected opportunities and mission uncertainty.

Europa Lander is a concept for a potential future mission that would look for signs of life in the icy surface material of Jupiter's moon Europa.

Europa Lander Advanced Prototype

Marine Autonomy

Satellites to the Seafloor

We provide underwater vehicles with autonomy to detect and track oceanographic features

MOSAIC demonstrated distributed and shared computing for multi-agent systems.

MOSAIC

Mars On-site Shared Analytics, Information & Computing

MOSAIC demonstrated distributed and shared computing for multi-agent systems.

We make spacecraft commanding more efficient

Mission Operations Planning for Increasingly Autonomous Spacecraft

Operations, Autonomy, Scheduling and Execution

We make spacecraft commanding more efficient

RELIC uses automated heuristic-guided orbit optimization and mission scheduling algorithms to assist in the mission design process.

RELIC

Automated Constellation Design

RELIC uses automated heuristic-guided orbit optimization and mission scheduling algorithms to assist in the mission design process.

ASE enables intelligent downlink selection and autonomous retargeting

ASE

Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment

ASE enables intelligent downlink selection and autonomous retargeting

3CS consists of three coordinated satellites

3CS

Three Corner Satellite

3CS consists of three coordinated satellites

We demonstrated on-orbit servicing of spacecraft, including rendezvous, transfer of battery, and propellant.

Orbital Express

We demonstrated on-orbit servicing of spacecraft, including rendezvous, transfer of battery, and propellant.

An underwater robot swarm measuring melt rate under Antarctic ice shelves to help predict future sea-level rise

IceNode

IceNode: a Buoyant Vehicle for Acquiring Well-Distributed, Long-Duration Melt Rate Measurements under Ice Shelves

An underwater robot swarm measuring melt rate under Antarctic ice shelves to help predict future sea-level rise

IPEX classifies images onboard to extract interesting regions for downlink in acquired imagery.

IPEX

Intelligent Payload Experiment

IPEX classifies images onboard to extract interesting regions for downlink in acquired imagery.

Adaptive sensing can improve on these approaches by utilizing online analysis of the target phenomena to direct sensing assets to collect the most advantageous observations.

Planning Observations for Intelligent Science Experimentation (POISE)

POISE

Adaptive sensing can improve on these approaches by utilizing online analysis of the target phenomena to direct sensing assets to collect the most advantageous observations.

Rosetta was a mission by the ESA to conduct the most detailed exploration of a comet ever performed.

Rosetta

Automated Activity Scheduling and Data Management

Rosetta was a mission by the ESA to conduct the most detailed exploration of a comet ever performed.

We automatically detect flooded areas, alert interested parties, and acquire high resolution imagery

Thailand Flood Sensorweb

We automatically detect flooded areas, alert interested parties, and acquire high resolution imagery

UAVSAR demonstrates onboard interpretation of radar data and autonomous response to retask vehicles and instruments.

UAVSAR

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar

UAVSAR demonstrates onboard interpretation of radar data and autonomous response to retask vehicles and instruments.

We make spacecraft commanding more efficient

Multi-Robot Operations for Exploration of Subterranean Environment

SubT

We make spacecraft commanding more efficient

SWOT will conduct a global survey of Earth’s surface water with unprecedented resolution.

SWOT Station Keeping

Surface Water and Ocean Topography

SWOT will conduct a global survey of Earth’s surface water with unprecedented resolution.

We developed a wavefront algorithm for path planning in time varying currents based on an earliest valid arrival criterion

Planning and Prosecution for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)

We developed a wavefront algorithm for path planning in time varying currents based on an earliest valid arrival criterion

We use batch and continuous planning to measure ocean currents

Autonomous Profiling Floats

We use batch and continuous planning to measure ocean currents

We make spacecraft commanding more efficient

WATCH/SPOTTER

WATCH/SPOTTER on Mars Exploration Rovers

We make spacecraft commanding more efficient

We benchmark a suite of flight software (FSW) applications on various computing platforms onboard ISS

Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Flight Computing on the International Space Station

Scheduling and Execution

We benchmark a suite of flight software (FSW) applications on various computing platforms onboard ISS

Aerie is the next-generation multi-mission activity planning, simulation, and sequencing software in development at JPL

Aerie/Clipper Scheduler

Aerie is the next-generation multi-mission activity planning, simulation, and sequencing software in development at JPL

We automatedly diagnose the system’s health and flight-readiness after a flight is executed in order to determine if the system is ready to safely perform a subsequent flight, without invoking a full ground cycle

OUTLAST

Ingenuity Onboard Automated Health Assessment

We automatedly diagnose the system’s health and flight-readiness after a flight is executed in order to determine if the system is ready to safely perform a subsequent flight, without invoking a full ground cycle

SMICES is a small-sat concept in which a primary radar intelligently targets ice storms based on information collected by a lookahead radiometer

AI Smarts for an Ice Hunting Radar: SMart ICE cloud Sensing (SMICES)

Scheduling and Execution

SMICES is a small-sat concept in which a primary radar intelligently targets ice storms based on information collected by a lookahead radiometer

VISTA is a technology for moving spacecraft to autonomously obtain precise measurements of dynamic features leveraging planning and perception.

VISTA

Vision-Based Integrated Science Tracking Autonomy

VISTA is a technology for moving spacecraft to autonomously obtain precise measurements of dynamic features leveraging planning and perception.

We are analyizing concepts for the Surface Biuology and Geology mission concept

Surface Biology and Geology (SBG)

Surface Biology and Geology

We are analyizing concepts for the Surface Biuology and Geology mission concept

We make spacecraft commanding more efficient

Efficient Task Network Generation

We make spacecraft commanding more efficient

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Eagle Eye

Agile Observation Planning

CLASP

Compressed Large-scale Activity Scheduling and Planning

MEXEC

Onboard Task Planning and Execution

CADRE Strategic Planner

Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Explorers

Distributed Constellations

Scheduling and Execution

Dynamic Tasking

Scheduling and Execution

NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR)

Automated Science Scheduling

ECOSTRESS

Automated Science Scheduling

EMIT

Automated Mission Analysis

Federated Autonomous MEasurement (FAME)

M2020

Onboard Automated Scheduling

OCO-3

Automated Scheduling

DSN - SSS

Deep Space Network Service Scheduling Software

Autonomous Exploration of Seafloor Fluid Flow

AEGIS (Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science)

ASPEN

Automated Scheduling and Planning ENvironment

CASPER

Continuous Activity Scheduling Planning Execution and Replanning

Surface Deformation and Change (SDC)

AI-based automated coverage analysis for the Surface, Deformation, and Change decadal survey mission concept

MASCOT

Multi-mission Autonomous Spacecraft Operations Testbed

Volcano Sensorweb

NOS Sensorweb

New Observing Strategies

Mexec on ASTERIA

Scheduling and Execution

HyspIRI IPM

Intelligent Payload Module

Agile Science

Europa Lander Advanced Prototype

Scheduling and Execution

Self-Reliant Rovers

Planetary Cave Rovers

Marine Autonomy

Satellites to the Seafloor

MOSAIC

Mars On-site Shared Analytics, Information & Computing

Mission Operations Planning for Increasingly Autonomous Spacecraft

Operations, Autonomy, Scheduling and Execution

RELIC

Automated Constellation Design

ASE

Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment

3CS

Three Corner Satellite

Orbital Express

IceNode

IceNode: a Buoyant Vehicle for Acquiring Well-Distributed, Long-Duration Melt Rate Measurements under Ice Shelves

IPEX

Intelligent Payload Experiment

Planning Observations for Intelligent Science Experimentation (POISE)

POISE

Rosetta

Automated Activity Scheduling and Data Management

Thailand Flood Sensorweb

UAVSAR

Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar

Multi-Robot Operations for Exploration of Subterranean Environment

SubT

SWOT Station Keeping