Integrating Mission Timelines and Procedures to Enhance Situational Awareness in Human Spaceflight OperationsFuture human spaceflight missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond will have significant transmission delays and reduced communications bandwidth compared to operations in Low Earth Orbit, requiring increased crew autonomy due to the limited availability of real-time support from Mission Control Center (MCC). In this paper, we argue for the development of technology to enhance situational awareness (SA) for a remote MCC and astronauts onboard the vehicle, describe a usability study conducted towards this aim, and identify key usability features for the design of future integrated timeline tools. By tightly integrating timelines and procedures, future crew systems can predict future constraint violations, suggest resolutions to these violations, and ultimately support more successful missions.
Document ID
20220005614
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
John A Karasinski (Ames Research Center Mountain View, California, United States)
Jimin Zheng (San Jose State University San Jose, California, United States)
Melodie Yashar (San Jose State University San Jose, California, United States)
Jessica J Marquez (Ames Research Center Mountain View, California, United States)