WVHTC Foundation is actively supporting NASA’s Advanced Information Systems Technology Program – and its focus on focus “sensor web” technologies.

This important research supports NASA’s Vision for Space Exploration, the space agency’s long-term plan to return astronauts to the moon and extend exploration to Mars and beyond.

About Sensor Web Technologies
Sensor web technologies are the latest component in a series of information technology research initiatives designed to help NASA solve the enormous challenge of collecting, processing, routing, and storing Earth science measurement data.

Sensor web integrates multiple Earth observing satellites and/or ground-based sensors into a cohesive network to provide timely, on-demand data and analysis to users.

The sensor web approach employs new data acquisition strategies and systems for integrated Earth sensing that are responsive to environmental events.

Partnering with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, WVHTC Foundation researchers are developing a next generation satellite management system that introduces a high level of autonomy into the operations center.

By using system models and intercommunicating operational systems, much of NASA’s planning, scheduling and validation of its operational plans can be dealt with autonomously and cost-effectively.