spacesuit display for lunar navigation

Living on a different planet has captured the human imagination for centuries[1]. Americans have not sent astronauts on the moon since the 1960s. The next human space missions are scheduled to begin in 2027[2]. When the time comes, astronauts will be tasked to perform up to 4 extravehicular activities in 5 days[3]with the same minute-by-minute ground controls from earth.

Over 6 months, I worked with the Johnson Space Center to research and prototype an XR decision support tool for [greater] astronaut autonomy on these next series of space flights. I built a system to pull biometric, telemetry, and terrain data from live spacesuit data and surface this on an XR display (simulating a HMD).

These concepts were presented to the Flight Director and Astronaut Deniz Burnham.

Astronaut Deniz Burnham and flight director pictured.

Presenting to the Dean Council of UC Irvine's CS School.

Debriefing and testing with NASA engineers at the JSC Rock Yard.