Artificial Intelligence Research and Applications at the NASA Johnson Space Center, Part Two

This is the second part of a two-part article describing AI work at the NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC). Research and applications work in AI is being conducted by several groups at JSC. These are primarily independent groups that interact with each other on an informal basis. In the Research and Engineering Directorate, these groups include (1) the Artificial Intelligence and Information Sciences Office, (2) the Simulation and Avionics Integration Division, (3) the Avionics Systems Division, and (4) the Tracking and Communications Division. In the Space Operations Directorate, these groups include (1) the Mission Planning and Analysis Division (MPAD)-Technology Development and Applications Branch, (2) the Spacecraft Software Division, and (3) the Systems Division-systems Support Section. This second part of the article describes the AI work in the Space Operations Directorate The first part of the article, published in the last issue of A1 Magazine, (7:1, Summer 1986) described the AI work in the Research and Engineering Directorate AI Magazine Volume 7 Number 3 (1986) (© AAAI)