Remote Control Software for Experiments on the

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1 Chattanooga Engineers Club 12 July 2010 Remote Control Software for Experiments on the International Space Station Dr. Jim Henry -- UTChattanooga 1 Chattanooga Engineers Club 12 July 2010 EXPRESS Payload Simulator software carried on the NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis that launched May 14 for installation on the ISS, May 24 Dr. Jim Henry -- UTChattanooga 2 1

2 EXPRESS Payload Simulator Flight Demonstration on ISS Demonstrating Boeing-Developed Software Toolkit for Ethernet Lab-Like Architecture (STELLA) - interfacing to - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Developed LabVIEW Payload Software Application to Monitor IBM T61p Laptop Amanda Rice Manager Boeing Huntsville Dr. Jim Henry -- UTChattanooga 3 UTC LabVIEW Team Members These worked on the Boeing/NASA Project Trevor Elliott Marie Labrie 4 2

3 Outline ISS Summary (NASA advert.) UTC & LabVIEW (UTC Engr. Advert) 21 years at UTC Payload Software Summary Flight Demonstration Configuration Experiences with the ISS Acknoledgements Tonight s Assignment 5 Who is my audience? 1. T/F: John Glenn was the first American-born to orbit the earth 2. T/F: Sally Ride was the first American-born woman in space 3. T/F: Alan Shepherd was the first American-born to go into space (Sub-orbital) 6 3

4 ISS National Lab The U.S segment of the ISS is a national laboratory The ISS will further strengthen the pursuit of national priorities for the advancement of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics The ISS National Laboratory will also open new paths for the exploration and economic development of Space. 7 ISS National Lab 1. The National Laboratory concept is an opportunity to expand the US economy in spacebased research, applications and operations 2. The ISS represents a unique and highly visible national asset with surplus capacity available for a wide spectrum of applications 3. NASA will continue to cover cost of operating and maintaining the ISS, and is highly motivated to work with other agencies and organizations to 8 pursue applications. 4

5 ISS National Lab 1. The National Laboratory concept is an opportunity to expand the US economy in spacebased research, applications and operations 2. The ISS represents a unique and highly visible national asset with surplus capacity available for a wide spectrum of applications 3. NASA will continue to cover cost of operating and maintaining the ISS, and is highly motivated to work with other agencies and organizations to 9 pursue applications. ISS National Lab Spaceflight Induced Bone Loss Constrained Vapor Bubble Device for the Study of Critical Liquids and Crystallization Monitoring Crewmember Immune Function Transgenic Arabidopsis Gene Expression System Microorganisms and Allergens in Spacecraft Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection system Microgravity Acceleration Measurement System Flame Extinguishment Experiment Investigating Mechanisms of Heart Disease Protein Crystallization Experiment Onboard JEM Chaos, Turbulence and its Transition Process in Marangoni Convection Blood Circulation, Respiration and Cardiac Contractile Function Development of Higher Plants through Multiple Generations Exploring Productive Fishing Regions in World Oceans Progression of a Naturally Occurring Technogenic Catastrophe Dosimetry for Biological Experiments in Space 10 5

6 ISS National Lab Mass: approx 1 million lbs LxWxH: 150x360x66 ft Life: 5-10 more years 11 LabVIEW at UTC Purchased LabVIEW A variety of feedback control laboratory stations and a distillation column 12 6

7 LabVIEW at UTC First remote internetoperated experiments with a homebuilt LV web server now -- Remotely operated chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering experiments 13 LabVIEW at UTC Intensive collaboration with Dr. Charles Knight 14 7

8 ISS EXPRESS Racks On ISS Duplicate in Huntsville 15 LabVIEW Remote Earth-based Example Provides command, science telemetry and parameter formatting and routing services to payload software Enables operations analogous to Ground Laboratory communications using standard protocols (TCP and UDP plus standard Telnet utility) 16 8

9 Rather than direct Computer to Computer ethernet communications, STELLA software services capture ethernet communications and format and route data appropriately Easy to integrate Integrate STELLA Flight Software Services with Payload Flight Software Integrate STELLA Ground Software Services with MSFC Developed Telescience Resource Kit (TReK) Software STELLA Summary Proprietary 17 UTC LabVIEW Payload Software Boeing/UTC EXPRESS Payload Simulator Master LabVIEW Program-DATA SERVER Sound to File TCP-Data-Server-w-checksum UDP Data Server write-filelist average sound amplitude On-Orbit EXPRESS Rack 1 T61p Laptop Boeing/UTC EXPRESS Payload Simulator Monitor Ground Station 18 9

10 Boeing Building, Houston 19 UTC LabVIEW Payload Software Boeing/UTC EXPRESS Payload Simulator Monitor Ground Station 20 10

11 Marshall/Huntsville PRO Payload Rack Officer OC Operation Controller ISS FE-2 EPS EXPRESS Payload Simulator Boeing VSR/Houston 22 11

12 STELLA Demonstration 23 STELLA Demonstration Amanda, Jim Tom, Tony, Ian 24 12

13 GOD! This is really cool! Presentation to NASA NASA Big Wigs 25 After Presentation to NASA Jim and Amanda Rice, Boeing Projecty Manager, Huntsville 26 13

14 Acknowledgements Boeing Corporation National Instruments Carl Nybro Ravi Marawar many others Tennessee Taxpayers Deans at UTC Many students and colleagues 27 Tonight s Assignment

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