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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