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Ames Research Center
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Langley Research Center

Haughton-Mars Project
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Various branches of NASA have used a MicroPilot autopilot in
a number of projects.
In the summer of 2002, a MicroPilot technician spent seven
days on Devon Island, just south of the Arctic Circle, as part
of the Haughton-Mars Project organized by NASA Ames Research
Center.
In the fall of 2002, the Iturralde Crater Expedition (ICE
2002), organized by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center used
a MicroPilot autopilot in its MAGPLANE -- a small UAV used to
collect data on the magnetic signature in and around the Iturralde
Crater deep in the Bolivian Amazon.
As well, the MP2028g autopilot is being used by
the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to fly blimps.
In addition, the NASA Wallops Flight Facility is using a
MicroPilot autopilot as part of its Jason-1 Mission which will
use a micro spectrometer in a small UAV to collect remote sensing
data from the ocean along the California coast.
Finally the NASA Langley Research Center under the direction
of Dr. Mark Motter, Dynamics and Control Branch, is using the
MP2028g autopilot in a research project entitled
- High Dimensional Control Flying Testbed.
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