COOL SPACE 30.ppt

1. 30th

2. 1984 - South Pole Satellite Data Link (SPSDL) & ATS-
3 First Satellite Communications Capability at South
Pole (90S)

3. Automatic Geophysical Observatory #1 - 1983

51. First
Data
Link
(email)
from
South
Pole
121584

60. • 1980s – SPSDL operated routinely from 1984 – 1993 (Pole Side was
displayed in the International Antarctic Centre 2003-2010 and now
in Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand)
• 1983 – 2013 The McMurdo side of SPSDL became NAILS and
operated from 1994 to 2013 (moved to T-site in CY 2000)

61. 1988 – Long Duration
Balloons Launched from
McMurdo, Antarctica

62. 1996 – McMurdo TDRSS Relay System (MTRS-1) commissioned
on Black Island as a result of the successful Demos in 1992

63. 1993 – NASA VIP Assessment Team
for Thule Air Base

64. Greenland 1994 – Conversion
of SPSDL to NAILS

65. InMarSat –F1
&
GOES-2&3
GeoSync
Links to Pole

66. GOES-3 & InMarSat-F1
Internet Links to Pole –
1993-1994

67. 1995 – NASA Mike First trip to North Pole (90N) –
(@ South Pole in Jan 1995 and @ North Pole in
April 1995, ~90 days)
NOTE: Some say this
mixing of the Polar
Waters triggered the
Recent Global Climate
Change, but that’s an
exaggeration.

68. North Pole
1995

69. 1995 – IMP – 8 Receive Station in McMurdo, Antarctica

70. IMP -8 & First
MoonBounce

72. 1996 – NOAA–13 Recovery

73. 1983– 2013
NASA GSFC
Mike & NSF
OPP Pat (30
years of
Interagency
Cooperation
in Antarctica)

74. 1994/95 – NASA
TOMS-EP launch
supported from
McMurdo followed by
realtime Ozone
Imaging for NSF
Scientists in McMurdo

76. Replacing the Refurbished
Scott’s Cross on Ob Hill - 1994

77. 1995 –
Use of
Portcom
to locate
a site for
MTRS-2
on Ross
Island

80. 2001 - Re-located
USAF Radome
Installed MTRS-2
on Crater Hill
(300Mbps)

81. 1995 – First GOES GVar Station put on Takoma
Academy High School

82. 1997 – NOAA HRPT Receive Station Demo at Thule
AB and Installed at Forest Hills MS, PA

83. Winfly 1996
Kurt Rush
TOMS-EP
NOAA Launch
Supports &
Realtime
Ozone
Imaging
from MCM

84. 1997 – NASA VIP Tour of
NASA Activities in
Antarctica
Led to $347k from EOS
Science for SPTR Link to
South Pole in Jan 1998

86. CDSCC
70 m
Canberra, Australia
1998 to 2008

88. First Total Solar Eclipse via Internet
Live From Aruba
26 Feb 1998

89. 1998 – First Live Internet broadcast of a Total Solar
Eclipse (TILT system in Aruba, Feb 26. 1998)

90. TERRIERS Satellite
Rescue Attempt
December 1999
(Unsuccessful)
Live Webcast from
McMurdo via Internet

91. North Pole – 1999
Connectivity to High Polar
Regions for Science

92. Five Historic Firsts

95. 1999 – First Telemedicine from South Pole via
TDRS-F1 Internet Link (Funded by above VIPs as a
result of their Tour in 1997)

96. August 1999 – Live from the Black Sea –
Total Solar Eclipse

97. 2001 –
WomenQuest
Requests NASA
support at
North Pole

99. 2001 –Live Distance Learning Interactive Webcasts @
75N (Resolute Bay, Canada) & 80N (Eureka, Canada)

101. 2001 – Live Webcasts
from Little Cornwallis
Island, 75N on return
from 90N

102. 1995 – 2003 Special Project Initiatives (SPI) Team Brings
NASA to Secondary Schools Up Close and Personal

105. 2003 –
North Pole 4
– FRIGID
(Field
Research in
Geophysical
Interface
Dynamics)

108. 2004 – NAILS team installs
150 Mbps Robotic Tape
Recording System

109. 2004 – 20th Anniversary of SPSDL celebrated at NASA - GSFC

110. SPSDL Team
20th
Anniversary

111. 2005 – NAILS team upgrades MTRS-2 and Tests Robotic
Docking via Remote-Control from University of Michigan

112. 2006 – NAILS team
Calibration and Routine
Maintenance

113. Live Webcasting of Total Solar
Eclipse from Subsatellite Point in
Libya (Sahara Desert)
March 26, 2006
Note: Moon is 6 hours away
from totality but not visible until
photo is enhanced

114. 2007 – NAILS team upgrades MTRS-2 testing

115. Goddard Robotics for Exploration And Technology

117. Nanook – Autonomous Robot in
McMurdo controlled from CONUS

118. Mars Analog in
Antarctica

120. Point Barrow,
Alaska - Nanook

121. 2009 – NAILS team Software Upgrades

122. 2010 – Goddard Remotely Operated Vehicles
for Engineering and Research (GROVER 1)

123. Summer 2013
GROVER
in
Greenland
@ Summit
Operated locally
and remotely
from USA

124. 2011-2012
NAILS Team
Software
Defined Radio
and High Speed
Server Installed

125. Decommission
of NAILS after
over 28 years
of Operation
in Antarctica
1984 - 2013

130. Last Day Jan 4, 2013