NASA space apps guide with focus on Android

PREPARED BY ENG. RAMY F. RADWAN

Introduction

Greetings everybody, I’m Ramy F. Radwan, senior year Engineering student

also Google certified Android developer.

NASA space apps challenge as you all know is an established innovative amusing

contest. When I first heard of it I was so enthusiastic to join the game as a mentor to

guide you through your way. That’s why I’m preparing this small short rich guide.

Guide contents:

1- Theoretical, scientific and other important resources for problem

understanding and solution support.

2- Android beginners’ resources for those with no Java programming

background.

3- Android resources for dealing with graphics (OpenGL) tutorials.

4- Android resources for game development.

Theoretical, scientific and other important resources for

problem understanding and solution support

**Reference:

https://github.com/SpaceApps2016/Resources#jet-set-mars

Space Apps 2016 Challenge Resources

Use the following resources to supplement your solutions to each Space Apps

challenge! Each challenge appears in one of six categories: Technology, Aeronautics,

Space Station, Solar System, Earth, or Journey to Mars. Contact the challenge owners

from the Space Apps challenge website for clarifications. Also consider

searching https://code.nasa.gov/#/ andhttps://software.nasa.gov/advancedsearch.

Technology

Jet Set Mars

Mars Fact

Sheet: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/marsfact.html

Source for producing propulsion locally on

Mars: http://www.marssociety.org/home/about/mars-direct

More info on Mars: http://quest.nasa.gov/aero/planetary/mars.html

Jet packs!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_pack

Mars Atmosphere Model (metric units): https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-

12/airplane/atmosmrm.html

The Mars Climate Database Projects: http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/

o A web interface is provided to the database. If you want to download

the full version database then please use the web link to request it.

Do this well before the Space Apps Event!

Print My Rocket

Vehicle Assembly Building on KSC Partnerships

site: http://kscpartnerships.ksc.nasa.gov/Partnering-

Opportunities/Capabilities-and-Testing/Physical-Assets/Vehicle-Assembly-

Building

NASA 3D Models: VAB, Crawler: http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models

KSC Resource Encyclopedia (page 323-

324): http://tdglobal.ksc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/KHB-

1863?rhid=1000&did=35173&type=released&rev=$latest

First Work Platform for NASA's Space Launch System Installed in Vehicle

Assembly Buildinghttp://www.nasa.gov/feature/first-work-platform-for-

nasas-space-launch-system-installed-in-vehicle-assembly-building

Mobile Launch Platforms

(MLP) http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/facilities/mlp.html

Exploration Systems Development http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems

Ground Systems Development and

Operations http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/ground/index.html

Additive Manufacturing for Propulsion Systems at MSFC: A Path to

Flight http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20140016515

"Additive Manufacturing" on NASA Technical Reports Server

(NTRS) http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=Additive%20Manu

facturing&Ntx=mode%20matchall

"3D Printing" on NASA Technical Reports Server

(NTRS) http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?Ntx=mode+matchall&Ntk=All&N=0&

No=10&Ntt=3d+printing

NASA's 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge

References https://americamakes.us/challenge/references/

Backfill My Model

NASA 3D Resources http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models

3D Printing: Technology Drives

Exploration: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/manufacturing-

materials-3d/index.html

Mechanical CAD Translation

Notes: https://step.nasa.gov/application_notes/mcad_translation.html

National Institute of Health 3D Print Exchange: http://3dprint.nih.gov/

"Additive Manufacturing" on NASA Technical Reports Server

(NTRS): http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=Additive%20Man

ufacturing&Ntx=mode%20matchall

"3D Printing" on NASA Technical Reports Server

(NTRS): http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?Ntx=mode+matchall&Ntk=All&N=0&

No=10&Ntt=3d+printing

Origami Space Recycled

Integration of FOB System to Crew Transfer Bag

NASA 3D Resources http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models

3D Printing: Technology Drives

Exploration http://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/manufacturing-

materials-3d/index.html

Mechanical CAD Translation

Notes https://step.nasa.gov/application_notes/mcad_translation.html

National Institute of Health 3D Print Exchange http://3dprint.nih.gov/

"Additive Manufacturing" on NASA Technical Reports Server

(NTRS) http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=Additive%20Manu

facturing&Ntx=mode%20matchall

"3D Printing" on NASA Technical Reports Server

(NTRS) http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?Ntx=mode+matchall&Ntk=All&N=0&

No=10&Ntt=3d+printing

AERONAUTICS

Don't Crash My Drone

USGS, 3D Maps: http://nationalmap.gov/

Aviation Weather data: http://www.aviationweather.gov

National Weather service: http://www.weather.gov

NOAA: http://www.noaa.gov/weather

FAA complete info on UAS: www.faa.gov/uas

FAA maps for private pilots, including no fly

zones: http://tfr.faa.gov/tfr_map_ims/html/index.html

Other resources:

* Google Earth maps * Mobile device GPS locator * www.skyvector.com

Well-Clear Violation Volumes for Concept of Integration of Unmanned Arial

Vehicles in the National Air Spacehttps://software.nasa.gov/software/LAR-

18464-1

Clouds or Contrails

Contrails education: http://science-edu.larc.nasa.gov/contrail-edu/

USGS, 3D Maps: http://nationalmap.gov/

Evolution of a

contrail: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=78154&src=eo

a-iotd

FAA Air Traffic Control System Command

System: http://www.fly.faa.gov/Products/acc_AIS_warn.html

Other resources:

* http://www.flightaware.com * Flight status or flight tracking information

for major airlines

Contrail Tools: http://cloudsgate2.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-

bin/site/website?c=contrails

Clear for Take Off

Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS): http://www.aviationweather.gov/adds/

Virtual Skies: http://virtualskies.arc.nasa.gov/weather/index.html

Dynamic Weather Routes Tool: http://technology.nasa.gov/patent/TOP2-168

Weather search on FAA

Safety: https://www.faasafety.gov/search/default.aspx?keywords=weather&

submit=Search

Aviation Weather Research

Program: http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/weather/awrp/Weather an

d Aviation: How

Does Weather Affect the Safety and Operations of Airports and Aviation, and

How Does FAA Work to Manage Weather-related Effects?:

climate.dot.gov/documents/workshop1002/kulesa.pdf

NOAA Weather Satellites’ Eye on the Sky: http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/news-

65.html

Joint Polar Satellite System: http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/program.html

Low Boom

NASA Sonic Boom

Data: https://data.nasa.gov/docs/aeronautics/lowboom.html

NASA Armstrong Fact Sheet: Sonic

Booms https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-016-

DFRC.html

http://www.nasa.gov/aero/sonic_boom_takes_shape.html

New Probe Could Improve Sonic Boom

Investigationhttps://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/eagle_aero_

probe.html?linkId=22201577

Stark Beauty of Supersonic Shock Waves http://www.nasa.gov/image-

feature/stark-beauty-of-supersonic-shock-waves/

Interactive Display Provides Pilots with Real-Time Sonic Boom

Informationhttp://www.nasa.gov/offices/ipp/centers/dfrc/technology/DRC-

008-001-RT-SonicBoom.html

CISBoomDA: Interactive Display Provides Pilots with Real-Time Sonic Boom

Mapping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgfcbzxlS_Q

SPACE STATION

Launch: A Global Experience

Launch

NASA Launch Services Program (LSP)

website: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/

o LSP

Brochure: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/678112main_L

SP Brochure.pdf

o NASA’s Launch Services Program NASA Facts: http://www-

pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/pdf/LSP2005.pdf

o NASA LSP Launch

Archive: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/arc

hives/elv_archive-index.html

o LSP Launch Vehicles (includes Countdown

101s):http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/vehicl

es.html

o LSP Playlist on NASA Kennedy YouTube

Channel:http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/arc

hives/elv_archive-index.html

Most launches, starting June 2009, have videos of interviews

of the launch director, launch polls (i.e. GO) by team, liftoff,

and many more features

NASA Space Launch System

(SLS):https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/multimedia/gallery/SLS

_Concepts.html

NASA Launch Blogs: http://blogs.nasa.gov/

o NuSTAR on Pegasus

XL: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/nustar/launch/launch_blog.

html

o Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) on Delta

II: https://blogs.nasa.gov/oco-2/

o Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) on Atlas

V: https://blogs.nasa.gov/mms/

o Jason-3 on Falcon 9: http://blogs.nasa.gov/Jason-3/

o Ares I-X Launch

Blog: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flightte

sts/aresIx/launch_blog.html

Audio

o NASA Sounds: http://www.nasa.gov/connect/sounds/index.html

o NASA Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets

o NASA Audio

Collection: https://archive.org/details/nasaaudiocollection

NASA Launch Animations on Scientific Visualization

Studio: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-

bin/search.cgi?value=launch&expanded=filters

Launch Views

o NASA Kennedy High Definition Gallery

o NASA Downloadable Videos

o NASA Video Gallery

o Jason-3 launch on Falcon 9 from

VAFB: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1015393843727

8117.1073741832.289222453116&type=3

o Antares & Minotaur launches from Wallops:

Orb-

2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1015393843

7278117.1073741832.289222453116&type=3

Orb-

3: http://web.archive.org/web/20150207073709/http:/www.o

rbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/Orb-

3/Maps/default.aspx

LADEE:http://web.archive.org/web/20130822121110/http:/w

ww.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/MinotaurV/index.s

html

o Atlas V launches from CCAFS:

MMS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD7E2Sk2JVE

OA-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R--dv7g-yeU

o Delta IV launches from CCAFS:

EFT-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-5YUQTD9ag

What It's like to Design a Trip to

Orbit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVVJXAMaEXM

Personal Accounts of Launches (do not represent NASA)

o NASA Social participants on various social media platforms; see NASA

Social Twitter lists for partial lists of

participants: http://www.nasa.gov/connect/social/index.html

o STS-133: http://spacekate.com/2011/my-first-shuttle-launch-there-

are-no-words/

o STS-118: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/what-its-

like.html

o RS-25 engine test vs. Space Shuttle

launches: https://blogs.nasa.gov/Rocketology/2015/08/20/the-

engine-experience/

o COTS Demo Flight 2 on Falcon 9 (starting at

1:22): http://www.npr.org/2012/10/09/162591202/sound-of-your-

city-construction-food-truck-parks

o Many more available via video, audio, and more posted to the

Internet

Where to watch launches

o NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/vie

wing.html

o Launch

Photography: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_

Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.htmlWeather

Vehicle Weather

o Atlas V Launch Weather

Criteria: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/633165main_atlas-

5-weather.pdf

o Delta II Launch Weather

Criteria: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/633163main_delta-

2-weather.pdf

o Falcon 9 Launch Weather

Criteria: https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/649911main_051612_falcon9_we

ather_criteria.pdf

o Space Shuttle Weather Launch Commit Criteria and KSC End of

Mission Weather Landing

Criteria:http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/531435main_we

ather-rules-march2011.pdf

Range Role in Launch:

o Range Flight Safety Program: NPR

8715.5A: http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/displayDir.cfm?Internal_ID=N_P

R_8715_005A_&page_name=Chapter1

o NASA Range

Safety: http://kscsma.ksc.nasa.gov/range_safety/Operations.html

o Air Force Mission Flight Control Officers (MFCOs) and public

safety: http://www.afspc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123176336

Local Weather Assessment for Launch

o NASA's Applied Meteorology Unit: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/amu/

o Weather Forecasters Balance Experience with

Technology:http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/LSpweathe

r.html

o Assessing Upper-Level Winds on Day-of-

Launch: http://nix.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20130000755&qs=N%3D42

94967061%2B4294956362

o Launching 101: First Weather Balloons, Then

Rockets:http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2013/0

2/26/launching-101-first-weather-balloons-then-rockets/

o Work Begins to Upgrade Doppler Radar Wind

Profiler: http://www.nasa.gov/content/work-begins-to-upgrade-

doppler-radar-wind-profiler/

o Development of Wind Pair Databases at Kennedy Space Center,

Vandenberg Air Force Base and Wallops Flight

Facility: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source

=web&cd=1&ved=0ahUKEwiX5-

qz0O7LAhUG0h4KHYx7ByQQFggdMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscience.

ksc.nasa.gov%2Famu%2Ffinal-reports%2Fwindpairs-

lsp.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEOGFvxaK3I7q20YjQXK-

rI1w18pw&sig2=r5z9tSxIOsSIWw-mWsc8CA

Space Weather Assessment for Launch

o 45th Weather Squadron Space Weather Support to

Launch:http://swrc.gsfc.nasa.gov/main/sites/swrc/presentations/201

5_NASA_SWx_Workshop/Winters_45WSSpaceWeatherPresentationf

orGoddard.pdf

o NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/

o NASA's Community Coordinated Modeling Center

(CCMC): http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.php

o NASA/GSFC Radiation Effects &

Analysis: http://radhome.gsfc.nasa.gov/

NASA APPEL Case Studies: http://appel.nasa.gov/knowledge-sharing/case-

studies/

o Some case studies are interactive, with links to videos and other

resources within the studies, and give lots of information on actual

launch day scenarios and how the team performed

o Stormy

Weather: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/stormy_weather/index.

html

Lightning and the Space

Program: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/167417main_Lightning

08.pdf

Rock-IT Space Fashion and Design

Advanced electronics are a problem in space due to the density of the chips.

The more circuitry in smaller electronic components, the greater the

susceptibility to cosmic radiation. NASA is looking for “red hard” processers

that aren’t affected by radiation to bring space-usable tech up to par with

cool Earth tech.

o Newsweek article "Introducing Astronaut Clothing of the

Future": http://www.newsweek.com/2015/07/17/introducing-

astronaut-clothing-future-349955.html

Wearables help astronauts onboard the International Space Station monitor

heart rates and breathing patterns, and collects data to investigate whether

changes in heart activity are related to astronauts’ poor sleep quality. Textiles

can be infused with technology to provide perspective on multiple

investigations, such as respiration, body acceleration, skin temperature, and

more.

o http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1

279.html

o http://spaceflight101.com/iss/wearable-monitoring/

NASA is using wearables to monitor Personal CO2 on orbit. Excessive CO2

causes headaches, dizziness, and blood pressure spikes. Even with scrubbing

technology on Station, pockets of CO2 can go undetected in the space

environment. The Personal CO2 monitor’s an astronaut’s immediate

surroundings.

o http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2

101.html

Astrocize

Burning Astronaut Pee - Smarter Every Day

149: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05oOst9kZXQ&t=2m

Advanced Resistive Exercise Device

(ARED):http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/

1001.html

Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill

(COLBERT):http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experimen

ts/765.html

Wikipedia article on treadmills with vibration

isolation:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadmill_with_Vibration_Isolation_S

tabilization

Virtual Auroras

Datasets:

o http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/

o http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-

CoolIris.pl?results=Latest_ISS_Imagery

Tools:

o http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Tools/

Algorithms:

o Stellarium

o http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/arrrgh

o https://github.com/esa/auromat

o http://pythonhosted.org/auromat/userguide/index.html

SOLAR SYSTEM

Book it to the Moon

Apollo Image Atlas: https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=bdjz-

sjmr

NASA’s Gallery: https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html

Moon Views (Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery

Project): http://www.moonviews.com/archives.html

Google keywords like Moon and Apollo and you will find many more

resources!

Many sites have Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest – a gallery could be

created by the app developers and then added to by users.

Near Earth Object Machine Learning

A list of close approaches to the

earth: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/CloseApp.html

The JPL Small-Body Database: http:/ / ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/ sbdb.cgi

o orbital elements

o orbit diagrams

o physical parameters

o discovery circumstances

Bolide Impacts / Bolide and Fireball Reports

o https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Fireball-And-Bolide-

Reports/mc52-syum

o http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/fireball

This comprehensive data set from The Meteoritical Society contains

information on all of the known meteorite

landings:https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Meteorite-Landings/gh4g-9sfh

NEOWISE NEA/COMET

Discovery: http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/programs/neowise.html

Near Earth Objects (NeoWs) API - With NeoWs, a user can search for

Asteroids based on their closest approach date to Earth, lookup a specific

Asteroid with its NASA JPL small body ID HED Compendium (Meteorites from

VESTA) http:/ / curator.jsc.nasa.gov/ antmet/ hed/ hed_compendium.cfm

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (Moon

craters): http://lunar.gsfc.nasa.gov/

The MPC Orbit (MPCORB) database contains orbital elements of minor

planets that have been published in the Minor Planet Circulars, the Minor

Planet Orbit Supplement and the Minor Planet Electronic

Circulars:http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPCORB.html

PHA Orbits (Potentially Hazardous Asteroids): http://neo.jpl.nasa.gov/orbits/

Heliocentric Comets Near-Earth Comets - Orbital

Elements: https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Near-Earth-Comets-Orbital-

Elements/b67r-rgxc

Repository of all located NEOs and NEAs: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net

Light Curve Database: http://minorplanetcenter.net/light_curve.

o 3D models of asteroids, from radar and lightcurve

inversion: http://space.frieger.com/asteroids/

MPC Web service: orbits and some physical

parameters: http://minorplanetcenter.net/web_service

Potentially Hazardous

Asteroids: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPCORB/PHA.txt

Dates of last observation for NEAs and outer Solar System

objects:http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/MPC_Documentation.html

List Of Aten Minor Planets (by

designation): http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/Atens.html

List Of Apollo Minor Planets (by

designation): http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/Apollos.html

List Of Amor Minor Planets (by

designation): http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/Amors.html

Dates Of Last Observation Of Unusual Minor

Planets: http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/LastUnusual.html

Asteroid Mining

See links above in Near Earth Objects Machine Learning

* OSIRIS-REX mission:

o http://www.asteroidmission.org/mission/#explore-instruments

o http://www.nasa.gov/content/goddard/new-nasa-mission-to-help-us-

learn-how-to-mine-asteroids/

Glass Beads, Meteorite Fragments Hold Secret to Working on

Asteroids: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/glass-beads-meteorite-fragments-

hold-secret-to-working-on-asteroids

Consider what tools and vehicles you might use to accomplish the task:

o NEA Scout

Mission: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/neascout.php

o WRANGLER: http://www.nasa.gov/content/wrangler-capture-and-de-

spin-of-asteroids-and-space-debris/#.VxFE7fkrLmE

How to Mine an

Asteroid http://www.popularmechanics.com/space/a7942/how-to-mine-an-

asteroid-11644811/

NASA JPL Roobotic

Microspines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KUdyBm6bcY

Resourece Prospector Mission: https://www.nasa.gov/resource-prospector/

Vesta Revealed

Vesta Trek web portal: http://vestatrek.jpl.nasa.gov

Chuck Clark’s website with examples of many applications and

references: http://rightbasicbuilding.com/

E-Book: Clark and Clark, Constant Scale Natural Boundary Mapping to Reveal

Global and Cosmic Processes, 2013:https://goo.gl/sqp0Bc

Open World Generation Using NASA Mars and Vesta Data

Dataset Products are available online via WMTS-based APIs on api.nasa.gov

Leverage existing Minecraft customizations such as Galacticraft or

vanilla Minecraft and implement as a plugin or mod.

View Apps using Mars and Vesta Data such

as http://marstrek.jpl.nasa.gov/ or http://vestatrek.jpl.nasa.gov/

EARTH

Sea Ice App

NASA Global Imagery Browse Services

(GIBS): https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/science-system-description/eosdis-

components/global-imagery-browse-services-gibs

GINA Puffin Feeder: http://feeder.gina.alaska.edu/

Android implementation of the Gina Puffin Feeder software on

GitHub: https://github.com/hank/gina-puffinfeeder

National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC): http://nsidc.org/

Alaska SAR Facility (ASF): https://www.asf.alaska.edu/

OnEarth software on GitHub: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/onearth

https://code.nasa.gov/#/

Geotagging Space and Aviation

NASA

History: http://history.nasa.gov/ and http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/ind

ex.html

Building Deep Space Exploration

Systems: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ESDSuppliersMap/

NASA's Astronaut Fact

Book: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/740566main_current.pdf

NASA Astronaut Bios: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/index.html

Teaching with Historic Places:

Aviation http://www.nps.gov/nr/twhp/aviation.HTM

Space Grant Consortiums (most USA states have one)

Local governments may have information dedicated to their aviation history

CubeSat

Selections: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/home/CSLI_selections.ht

ml

Smallsat Technology

Partnerships: http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/small_spacecraft

/announcements-solicitations.html

Space Station International

Cooperation: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/cooperation/inde

x.html

NASA Partnerships: http://www.nasa.gov/partnerships/about.html

NASA Centers and Facilities (includes links to visitor

centers): http://www.nasa.gov/about/sites/index.html

Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum: https://airandspace.si.edu/

ESA Connect With Us: http://www.esa.int/ESA/Connect_with_us

JAXA Field Centers: http://global.jaxa.jp/about/centers/

NOAA Historical

Resources: http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/resources.html

National Archives: Space

Exploration: http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/space-

exploration.html

National Archives: American Military History –

Aviation:http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/military/american

-military-history.html#aviation

Examples of geo-based apps/games (not sure if they should be included or

not)

o Field Trip: https://support.fieldtripper.com/hc/en-

us/articles/208866807-Frequently-Asked-Questions-FAQ

o Create Ingress Missions: https://support.ingress.com/hc/en-

us/articles/206475078-Create-Ingress-Missions-the-basics

OnEarth software on GitHub: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/onearth

eMobile Pastoralism

Datasets : Earth observation data

o NASA Global Imagery Browse Services

(GIBS): https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/science-system-

description/eosdis-components/global-imagery-browse-services-gibs

o EARTHDATA: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/

More Information about the global

phenomenon: http://www.ifad.org/lrkm/factsheet/women_pastoralism.pdf

https://code.nasa.gov/#/

OnEarth software on GitHub: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/onearth

Aircheck

NASA Global Imagery Browse Services

(GIBS): https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/science-system-description/eosdis-

components/global-imagery-browse-services-gibs

What Worldview is: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/worldview

What EOSDIS is: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about

To access Worldview, go here: https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/ The

first visit should offer a “tour” of how to use the tool to search for various

metrics. If not, they can click the “i” icon in the upper right part of the screen

to take a tour. The user can add “layers” of the measurements they’re

interested in and then narrow by temporal and spatial coordinates as

needed.

NOAA CDO-Web Datasets: http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/datasets

Weather: http://openweathermap.org/datasource

United States Weather Data: NOAA http://www.noaa.gov/

Canada Weather Data: http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts

(ECMWF) http://www.ecmwf.int/

Japan Meteorological Agency http://www.jma.go.jp

METAR data from airports http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/METAR

APRS network http://www.aprs-is.net/

OpenWeatherMap: http://openweathermap.org/stations

https://code.nasa.gov/#/

OnEarth software on GitHub: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/onearth

Earth Live

NASA’s EONET (Earth Observatory Natural Event

Tracker): http://eonet.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/

NASA Global Imagery Browse Services

(GIBS): https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/science-system-description/eosdis-

components/global-imagery-browse-services-gibs

Global Precipitation Measurement data: http://pmm.nasa.gov/data-

access/downloads/gpm

ClimateSERV: http://catalogue.servirglobal.net/Product?product_id=138 and

- http://climateserv.nsstc.nasa.gov

SERVIR: https://servirglobal.net

ArcGIS Online: http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline

Google Earth Gallery

https://code.nasa.gov/#/

JOURNEY TO MARS

Space Recreation

NASA

Orion: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/ &https://www.nas

a.gov/pdf/166914main_FS_Orion508c.pdf

About the Space

Station: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/onthestation/fac

ts_and_figures.html

NASA’s Train like an astronaut

program: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/trainlikeanastronaut/

home/

Exercising in Space: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-

station/ditl_exercising

Fit for

Space: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/presskits/fit_for_space.htm

l

Astronauts to Watch World Cup aboard Space

Station: http://www.nasa.gov/content/astronauts-to-watch-world-cup-

aboard-space-station

Exercise + Microgravity on NASA Technical Report Servers

(NTRS): http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/search.jsp?N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=exercise%20

microgravity&Ntx=mode%20matchall

Advanced Exercise Concepts for

Exploration: http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20150010179&qs=N%3D

4294950110%2B4294918663

Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill

(COLBERT):http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experimen

ts/765.html

Interim Resistive Exercise Device

(IRED): http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1

128.html

Advanced Resistive Exercise Device

(ARED):http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/

1001.html

Spaced Out Sports Design

Challenge: http://education.ssc.nasa.gov/spacedoutsports.asp

Space News article "FAA ADvisory Group Endorses Moon Village

Concept": http://spacenews.com/faa-advisory-group-endorses-moon-village-

concept/

Tech Times article "ESA to Build 3D Printed Moon Village for

Astronauts":http://www.techtimes.com/articles/121906/20160107/esa-to-

build-3d-printed-moon-village-for-astronauts-by-2030.htm

Google Cardboard: https://developers.google.com/cardboard/

SimSpace

NASA Report: A Kalman Approach to Lunar Surface Navigation Using

Radiometric and Inertial

Measurements:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/200900

27870.pdf

Wikipedia aritcle about Lunar oribt

perturbation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit#Perturbation_effect

s

Wikipedia article about the Herschel Space

Observatory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Space_Observatory

Space Route 66

KSC Center Planning and Development

Office: http://kscpartnerships.ksc.nasa.gov/

KSC Master Plan: http://masterplan.ksc.nasa.gov/

KSC Resource

Encyclopedia: http://tdglobal.ksc.nasa.gov/servlet/sm.web.Fetch/KHB-

1863?rhid=1000&did=35173&type=released&rev=$latest

Exploration Park: http://www.explorationpark.com/

Brevard County: http://www.brevardcounty.us/

KSC Visitor’s Center: www.kennedyspacecenter.com/

Transforming a Single-Use Spaceport to Multi-

Use:http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20120001311_201

2000971.pdf

NASA Technical Reports – Search Spaceport + Kennedy Space

Center: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?N=4294932186&Ntk=Title&Ntt=spac

eport&Ntx=mode

Moonport: A History of Apollo Launch Facilities and

Operations: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4204/cover.html

International Space University

OASIS: http://isulibrary.isunet.edu/opac/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=84

15

Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS): www.vaspace.org

Wallops Flight Facility: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/wallops/home

Spaceport America: http://spaceportamerica.com/

Europe's

Spaceport: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Launchers/Europe_s_Spacepor

t/Europe_s_Spaceport2

Tanegashima Space Center: http://global.jaxa.jp/about/centers/tnsc/

Baikonur

Cosmodrome: http://www.kosmotras.ru/en/bayconur/ andhttp://www.nasa.

gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/baikonur.html

Android beginners’ resources for those with no Java

programming background.

Course name Link Description and duration

Expected outcome

Google’s Android

development for beginners

https://www.udacity.com/course/and

roid-developmen

t-for-beginners--

ud837

3 lessons of videos made by Google and Udacity for absolute beginners with no

programming experience at all. Takes 3-7 days of

studying.

This course is mainly for those with no programming

experience or android environment experience.

At course end they will know how to make

complete simple app.

Tutorials point lessons

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/andro

id/

Different lessons and examples for all

Android platform components.

You’ll have all what you need of resources here.

Vogella lessons

http://www.vogella.com/tutorials/and

roid.html

Same as above with more detailing

Graphics and OpenGL for simulation

Course name Link Description and duration

Expected outcome

Android Game Development

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL52D4F921EBE66

869

1-2 days Simple videos that illustrates basics of

OpenGL

Know how to draw vectors and shapes in an

android game

Google’s OpenGL

documentation

http://developer.android.com/training/graphics/opengl/index.html

Open time. Documentation and

guide for all of OpenGL library

abilities

Explore world of graphics in mobile apps

Learn OpenGL es.com tutorials

http://www.learnopengles.com/android-lesson-

one-getting-started/

Complete tutorials guide to Graphics in android using openGL ES

Android Game Development

Name Link Description and duration

Expected outcome

Google Play services Guide

https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/quic

kstart

Google’s guide for android developers

Explore game development world in

Android

Quora Question

about best framework to use for games

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-best-Android-

game-framework

Quora is a great source where experts gather up to give you a glance of their knowledge.

You’ll find talks about best frameworks to use

as a basis for your game

KiloBolt Android Game

development tutorial

http://www.kilobolt.com

/game-developmen

t-tutorial.html

Complete tutorial from zero to hero to build your first game

Accompanied with the previous two links you have all the resources you need to create your

first kickass game.

https://github.com/JStumpp/awesome-android