Lunar spacecraft software download

Written in Java. Primarily a web-based Java application. Dalia Kirschbaum Worldview Interactive satellite imagery browsing and downloading tool.

C Data conversion Richard Ullman. Assert-Based Unit Test Tools UT-Assert Provide a unit test framework and a collection of utilities that are designed to facilitate flight software unit testing. Core RHSEG Software Package Pre-processes images or image-like data into regions, allowing for more efficient data analysis for small objects within the image. Each NASA code has been evaluated for access restrictions and designated for a specific type of release according to the purpose for which the software code was designed.

Some codes are deemed restricted because they have been developed for a specific government purpose e. Codes designated U. When software is classified as a U. Once the contract information is received, the appropriate Software Usage Agreement SUA will be sent to you for signature. Most software requests will be processed within 5 business days. After your request is reviewed by the Center SRA, you or the individual identified on your request form with authority to sign the agreement will receive an email notification that a Software Usage Agreement is ready for review and signature.

If additional information is required in order to process your request, you will be contacted by the Center SRA with the specific details needed to complete your request. After your signed agreement is accepted by the Center SRA, you will receive an email notification of the method of software delivery. If the software code is available for download through the NASA Software Catalog system, you will have 14 days to download the software through your user account.

A list of center software release contacts is provided at the "Software Contacts" link in the right sidebar of the home page. Please email any questions regarding specific codes to the contact for the center at which the software was developed as indicated in the software catalog entry. Another nice aspect is that it's interfaced with "Cartes du Ciel" Sky Charts , Patrick Chevalley's planetarium freeware program. He happens to also be one of the authors of Virtual Moon.

Thus if you click on the Sky Chart button, up pops a sky chart showing the current position of the moon in the sky. Of course, you also have to load "Sky Charts" on your PC if you haven't already done so.

As is always the case, nothing is perfect. One issue stems from Virtual Moon's use of images for named features. While there's an abundance of these high-definition images from different spacecraft, they don't cover the entire lunar surface. Thus if there's a minute feature far-removed from any of the named features, then it's unlikely to be included in a photographic image. On the other hand, because the Clementine Skimmer program uses a totally photographic rendition of the entire surface, it shows all features.

As noted previously, the Lunar Orbiter image quality is better, and you can zoom in on these images without much degradation. One of the long-time "must-haves" for lunar aficionados is the classic volume of the Rukl atlas, which has now been re-published. As I write this, the most recent iteration of Virtual Moon is Version 2. The latest enhancement is a driver for Go-To mounts. But do you really need Go-To for the Moon?