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hdl:2014/48806 |
Publication Date
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2018-10-01 |
Title
| Do You See What I See? Interactive Visualization of Mission Design and Navigation |
Author
| Stuart, Jeffrey (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018)
Ramaswamy, Basak (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018)
Lam, Try (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018)
Guy, Nathaniel (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018)
Laipert, Frank (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018)
Menzies, Alex (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018)
Bradley, Nicholas (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018)
Mysore, Aprameya (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018)
Arora, Nitin (Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018) |
Point of Contact
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Stuart, Jeffrey |
Description
| Mission Design and Navigation (MDNav) is an intensive process requiring advanced computational resources, expert human intuition, and many successive human-in-the-loop iterations to converge on acceptable trajectory designs or navigation solutions. The current bottleneck in MDNav is not the underlying computational algorithms but the human cognitive capacity to prune through a multitude of simulated results to select high-value candidates. One approach to alleviate this burden is through the judicious application of visualizations that allow humans to interactively filter data in multiple dimensions to reveal salient patterns and highlight divergences. When designed efficiently, such interactive visualizations should aid human operators to get familiar with data faster, visually observe correlations, and communicate findings more effortlessly. In this work, we present three visualization case studies that have the potential to increase human operator efficiency in MDNav. While identifying the most critical “pain points” that operators face, and also working on potential solutions, we followed a human-centered design approach. We started with a series of interviews with potential users, and then rapidly created prototypes for alternative solutions, validated outcomes with feedback from users through out development of these proof of concept visualizations. With this survey of our current efforts, we demonstrate the transformative capability of interactive data visualizations for improving mission development and operations, enabling operators to grow intuition, and communicating key concepts across diverse mission teams. |
Subject
| Other |
Production Date
| 2018-10-01 |