README.md

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. These resources are also listed and discoverable through NASA's catalog of publicly-available datasets, APIs, and visualizations available at https://api.nasa.gov/ and https://data.nasa.gov/. Also consider searching https://code.nasa.gov/#/ and https://software.nasa.gov/advancedsearch.

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##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
• Airplanes on Mars: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/features/mars_airplane.html
• The Mars Climate Database Projects: http://www-mars.lmd.jussieu.fr/
  • 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

• Kennedy Space Center Judging & Prize: http://spaceappsksc.tumblr.com/post/142877335729/ksc-challenges-judging-prize
• Friday KSC Google Hangout: https://youtu.be/k4tXQ_qpls4?list=PLnD73N1pmY1RPuvMggUOB5rMj8ynC_j0D&t=133
• Preparing the Vehicle Assembly Building for the Future video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYppcUc36mg
• Ground Systems Development and Operations Program YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkf6W8ORTt4&index=56&list=PLStC43yAV6zQQP6LfeTfipWSfxGFu4Mvb
• Vehicle Assembly Building on KSC Partnerships site: http://kscpartnerships.ksc.nasa.gov/Partnering-Opportunities/Capabilities-and-Testing/Physical-Assets/Vehicle-Assembly-Building
• NASA 3D Resources http://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models
• 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 Building http://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%20Manufacturing&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

• Kennedy Space Center Judging & Prize: http://spaceappsksc.tumblr.com/post/142877335729/ksc-challenges-judging-prize
• Backfill My Model Google Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBZl7uIiMEA&list=PLnD73N1pmY1RPuvMggUOB5rMj8ynC_j0D&index=2
• Friday KSC Google Hangout (Backfill My Model section): https://youtu.be/k4tXQ_qpls4?list=PLnD73N1pmY1RPuvMggUOB5rMj8ynC_j0D&t=545
• 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%20Manufacturing&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%20Manufacturing&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
• Flight Opportunities Program: Vehicle Information
  • https://flightopportunities.nasa.gov/platforms/ (Click on desired platform and view the Payload Users Guide)
• Launch Service Program information:
  • http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/heo/launch_services/#.VxfMGvkrJD8 (Partner information on Left Side)
• Info on Cubesats:
  • http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cubesats/index.html
  • Cubesats Requirements Document: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/627972main_LSP-REQ-317_01A.pdf

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##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 Space https://software.nasa.gov/software/LAR-18464-1
• FAA Data products: http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/swim/products/

###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=eoa-iotd
• FAA Air Traffic Control System Command System: http://www.fly.faa.gov/Products/acc_AIS_warn.html
• Other resources:
  * Flight status or flight tracking information for major airlines: http://services.faa.gov/
• Contrail Tools: http://cloudsgate2.larc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/site/website?c=contrails
• GLOBE clouds and contrail data: http://vis.globe.gov/clouds
• FAA Data products: http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/swim/products/

###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 and 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
• Visual Flight Rules:
  • https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/productcatalog/vfrcharts/
  • https://www.faasafety.gov/files/gslac/courses/content/25/185/VFR%20Weather%20Minimums.pdf
  • http://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/vfr/
• Instrument Flight Rules: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/productcatalog/ifrcharts/
• Weather Datasets from NOAA:
  • http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access
  • http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/webservices/
• http://graphical.weather.gov/xml/
• FAA Data products: * http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/programs/swim/products/ * http://services.faa.gov/
• Category I/II/III ILS information https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/avs/offices/afs/afs400/afs410/status_lists/

###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 Investigation https://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 Information http://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

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##SPACE STATION

###Launch: A Global Experience

• Kennedy Space Center Judging & Prize: http://spaceappsksc.tumblr.com/post/142877335729/ksc-challenges-judging-prize
• What It’s Like to Watch a Rocket Launch In-Person Google Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_eXP7X__M4&index=3&list=PLnD73N1pmY1RPuvMggUOB5rMj8ynC_j0D
• Friday KSC Google Hangout (Launch: A Global Experience section): https://youtu.be/k4tXQ_qpls4?list=PLnD73N1pmY1RPuvMggUOB5rMj8ynC_j0D&t=1674 Launch
• NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) website: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/
  • LSP Brochure: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/678112main_LSP Brochure.pdf
  • NASA’s Launch Services Program NASA Facts: http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/pdf/LSP2005.pdf
  • NASA LSP Launch Archive: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/archives/elv_archive-index.html
  • LSP Launch Vehicles (includes Countdown 101s): http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/vehicles.html
  • LSP Playlist on NASA Kennedy YouTube Channel: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/archives/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/
  • NuSTAR on Pegasus XL: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/nustar/launch/launch_blog.html
  • Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) on Delta II: https://blogs.nasa.gov/oco-2/
  • Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) on Atlas V: https://blogs.nasa.gov/mms/
  • Jason-3 on Falcon 9: http://blogs.nasa.gov/Jason-3/
  • Ares I-X Launch Blog: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/launch_blog.html
• Audio
  • NASA Sounds: http://www.nasa.gov/connect/sounds/index.html
  • NASA Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nasa/sets
  • 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
  • NASA Kennedy High Definition Gallery
  • NASA Downloadable Videos
  • NASA Video Gallery
  • Jason-3 launch on Falcon 9 from VAFB: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153938437278117.1073741832.289222453116&type=3
  • Antares & Minotaur launches from Wallops:
    • Orb-2: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153938437278117.1073741832.289222453116&type=3
    • Orb-3: http://web.archive.org/web/20150207073709/http:/www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/Orb-3/Maps/default.aspx
    • LADEE: http://web.archive.org/web/20130822121110/http:/www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/MissionUpdates/MinotaurV/index.shtml
  • Atlas V launches from CCAFS:
    • MMS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD7E2Sk2JVE
    • OA-4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R--dv7g-yeU
  • 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)
  • 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
  • STS-133: http://spacekate.com/2011/my-first-shuttle-launch-there-are-no-words/
  • STS-118: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/what-its-like.html
  • RS-25 engine test vs. Space Shuttle launches: https://blogs.nasa.gov/Rocketology/2015/08/20/the-engine-experience/
  • 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
  • Many more available via video, audio, and more posted to the Internet
• Where to watch launches
  • NASA: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/launchingrockets/viewing.html
  • Launch Photography: http://www.launchphotography.com/Delta_4_Atlas_5_Falcon_9_Launch_Viewing.html Weather
• Vehicle Weather
  • Atlas V Launch Weather Criteria: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/633165main_atlas-5-weather.pdf
  • Delta II Launch Weather Criteria: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/633163main_delta-2-weather.pdf
  • Falcon 9 Launch Weather Criteria: https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/649911main_051612_falcon9_weather_criteria.pdf
  • Space Shuttle Weather Launch Commit Criteria and KSC End of Mission Weather Landing Criteria: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/531435main_weather-rules-march2011.pdf
• Range Role in Launch:
  • Range Flight Safety Program: NPR 8715.5A: http://nodis3.gsfc.nasa.gov/displayDir.cfm?Internal_ID=N_PR_8715_005A_&page_name=Chapter1
  • NASA Range Safety: http://kscsma.ksc.nasa.gov/range_safety/Operations.html
  • 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
  • NASA's Applied Meteorology Unit: http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/amu/
  • Weather Forecasters Balance Experience with Technology: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/news/LSpweather.html
  • Assessing Upper-Level Winds on Day-of-Launch: http://nix.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20130000755&qs=N%3D4294967061%2B4294956362
  • Launching 101: First Weather Balloons, Then Rockets: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/blogs/fromthefield/2013/02/26/launching-101-first-weather-balloons-then-rockets/
  • Work Begins to Upgrade Doppler Radar Wind Profiler: http://www.nasa.gov/content/work-begins-to-upgrade-doppler-radar-wind-profiler/
  • 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
  • 45th Weather Squadron Space Weather Support to Launch: http://swrc.gsfc.nasa.gov/main/sites/swrc/presentations/2015_NASA_SWx_Workshop/Winters_45WSSpaceWeatherPresentationforGoddard.pdf
  • NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center: http://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
  • NASA's Community Coordinated Modeling Center (CCMC): http://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.php
  • NASA/GSFC Radiation Effects & Analysis: http://radhome.gsfc.nasa.gov/
• NASA APPEL Case Studies: http://appel.nasa.gov/knowledge-sharing/case-studies/
  • 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
  • Stormy Weather: http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/stormy_weather/index.html
• Lightning and the Space Program: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/pdf/167417main_Lightning08.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.

  • 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.

  • http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1279.html
  • 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.

  • http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/2101.html

• GeneLab http://genelab.nasa.gov

• Behavior Tracking Software Enhancement and Integration Feedback https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=bcb2-aw9v

• In-flight Non-Invasive Sensing of Blood Analytes https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=iv9x-kdnk

• Monitoring Microbes in Spacecraft Environment https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=4xp2-q25f

• ESPRIT: Exercise Sensing and Pose Recovery Inference https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=kbtw-jrma

• Wearable Beat to Beat Blood Pressure Monitor https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=gsk3-5bn7

• Nanoscale Test Strips for Multiplexed Blood Analysis https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=6ame-gjy6

• In Situ Aerosol Detector https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=m59n-zi79

• In-situ Monitoring of Immune Function https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=iv9x-kdnk

• Livingstone2 (AI software system designed to assist life support systems to operate robustly with minimal human supervision: https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=27r9-hj26

• Environmental Performance Index (EPI) to reduce environmental stress on human health and promote ecosystem vitality: https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=6ub7-u9fa

• Synthetic Assessment of Global Distribution of Vulnerability to Climate: https://data.nasa.gov/external-dataset?datasetId=6ub7-u9fa

###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/experiments/765.html
• Wikipedia article on treadmills with vibration isolation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treadmill_with_Vibration_Isolation_Stabilization
• Video on Working Out on the ISS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irCmnn5vIRQ&feature=share&list=PLiuUQ9asub3S34pyIicCQgHyFUErfpxSz
• Exercising in Space Videos: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/stem-on-station/ditl_exercising
• Physical response of Apollo astronauts before, during, after stress test: https://lsda.jsc.nasa.gov/lsda_data/dataset_inv_data/JMAPAP012_732.xls
• Advanced Resistive Exercise Device: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1001.html

###Virtual Auroras

• Datasets:
  • http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/
  • http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-CoolIris.pl?results=Latest_ISS_Imagery
• Tools:
  • http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/Tools/
• Algorithms:
  • Stellarium
  • http://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/arrrgh
  • https://github.com/esa/auromat
  • http://pythonhosted.org/auromat/userguide/index.html
• General Background on Auroras:
  • http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/gallery/aurora-index.html#.VxaoSfkrJD8

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##SOLAR SYSTEM

###Book it to the Moon

• Interactive Guide to the Moon http://lunarexploration.esa.int
• 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
  • orbital elements
  • orbit diagrams
  • physical parameters
  • discovery circumstances
• Bolide Impacts / Bolide and Fireball Reports
  • https://data.nasa.gov/Space-Science/Fireball-And-Bolide-Reports/mc52-syum
  • 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.
  • 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
• Data Available from the Minor Planet Center: http://minorplanetcenter.net/data/
  • 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:
  • http://www.asteroidmission.org/mission/#explore-instruments
  • 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:
  • NEA Scout Mission: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/cubesat/missions/neascout.php
  • 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
• Digital terrain models for vesta at:
  • http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Vesta/Dawn/DLR/HAMO/Vesta_Dawn_HAMO_DTM_DLR_Global_48ppd
  • http://dawndata.igpp.ucla.edu/tw.jsp?section=geometry/DTMs

•   Tutorial about converting digital elevation models: http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/pigwad/tutorials/arcgis10.Basic_converting_data.pdf
  

###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/
• Digital terrain models for vesta at:
  • http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/search/map/Vesta/Dawn/DLR/HAMO/Vesta_Dawn_HAMO_DTM_DLR_Global_48ppd
  • http://dawndata.igpp.ucla.edu/tw.jsp?section=geometry/DTMs

•   DEM Grayscale -Mars Orbiter Altimiter: For the heights, you might want to use "DEM Grayscale - Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter”. The data is in 8 bit grayscale.  You can apply scale and offset to find the height value. You can find the snippet here. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kqjl981WWxWZPkeopgodUFEbDePRlV7GEsNtMfeXKP8/edit?usp=sharing
  

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##EARTH

If you’d like to use NASA Earth data with Google Maps, you’ll want to use the Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS): https://wiki.earthdata.nasa.gov/display/GIBS/

There is some sample code on how to use GIBS with Google Maps and other mapping libraries: https://github.com/nasa-gibs/gibs-web-examples

The data format is not always the same across all NASA Earth data products, though HDF is one of the more common formats. You can see a list of them here: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/user-resources/standards-and-references. and can see a list of data tools here: https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/tools

If you’re trying to insert data values into a database, we suggest starting with Level 3 data products as they are usually gridded and available globally. See here for a description of data processing levels: http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/earth-science-data/data-processing-levels-for-eosdis-data-products/

###Sea Ice App

• Sea Ice API https://www.asf.alaska.edu/sea-ice/
• 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/#/
• Sentinal data: https://sentinel.esa.int/web/sentinel/sentinel-data-access

###Geotagging Space and Aviation

• Kennedy Space Center Judging & Prize: http://spaceappsksc.tumblr.com/post/142877335729/ksc-challenges-judging-prize
• Friday KSC Google Hangout: https://youtu.be/k4tXQ_qpls4?list=PLnD73N1pmY1RPuvMggUOB5rMj8ynC_j0D&t=1293
• NASA History: http://history.nasa.gov/ and http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/index.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.html
• 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/index.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)
  • Field Trip: https://support.fieldtripper.com/hc/en-us/articles/208866807-Frequently-Asked-Questions-FAQ
  • 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
  • NASA Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS): https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/science-system-description/eosdis-components/global-imagery-browse-services-gibs
  • 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

•   Background on which datasets are relevant to air quality:
  

https://earthdata.nasa.gov/earth-observation-data/near-real-time/hazards-and-disasters/air-quality

###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/#/

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##JOURNEY TO MARS

###Space Recreation

• NASA Orion: https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/ & https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/166914main_FS_Orion508c.pdf
• About the Space Station: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/onthestation/facts_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.html
• 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%20microgravity&Ntx=mode%20matchall
• Advanced Exercise Concepts for Exploration: http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20150010179&qs=N%3D4294950110%2B4294918663
• Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT): http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/765.html
• Interim Resistive Exercise Device (IRED): http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/1128.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/20090027870.pdf
• Wikipedia aritcle about Lunar oribt perturbation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_orbit#Perturbation_effects
• Wikipedia article about the Herschel Space Observatory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Space_Observatory

###Space Route 66

• Kennedy Space Center Judging & Prize: http://spaceappsksc.tumblr.com/post/142877335729/ksc-challenges-judging-prize
• Friday KSC Google Hangout: https://youtu.be/k4tXQ_qpls4?list=PLnD73N1pmY1RPuvMggUOB5rMj8ynC_j0D&t=966
• Center Planning & Development YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTytXb0R0Yk&index=10&list=PLStC43yAV6zQRcOG0XlrYYEBuvhESitIq
• 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_2012000971.pdf
• NASA Technical Reports – Search Spaceport + Kennedy Space Center: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?N=4294932186&Ntk=Title&Ntt=spaceport&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=8415
• 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_Spaceport/Europe_s_Spaceport2
• Tanegashima Space Center: http://global.jaxa.jp/about/centers/tnsc/
• Baikonur Cosmodrome: http://www.kosmotras.ru/en/bayconur/ and http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/structure/elements/baikonur.html