A situation awareness assistant for human deep space exploration

  • Authors:

  • Guy Andre Boy;Donald Platt

  • Affiliations:

  • Human Centered Design Institute, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida and Mail Code IT-C1, Kennedy Space Center, NASA KSC, Florida;Human Centered Design Institute, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida

  • Venue:
  • HCI'13 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Human-Computer Interaction: interaction modalities and techniques - Volume Part IV
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper presents the development and testing of a Virtual Camera (VC) system to improve astronaut and mission operations situation awareness while exploring other planetary bodies. In this embodiment, the VC is implemented using a tablet-based computer system to navigate through interactive database application. It is claimed that the advanced interaction media capability of the VC can improve situation awareness as the distribution of human space exploration roles change in deep space exploration. The VC is being developed and tested for usability and capability to improve situation awareness. Work completed thus far as well as what is needed to complete the project will be described. Planned testing will also be described.