{"id":284076,"date":"2023-02-09T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T23:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-485548"},"modified":"2024-05-09T17:33:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T21:33:57","slug":"nasa-turns-to-ai-to-design-mission-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/technology\/goddard-tech\/nasa-turns-to-ai-to-design-mission-hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Turns to AI to Design Mission Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?w=1365\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Ryan McClelland\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg 4014w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=768,1152 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=683,1024 683w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=1024,1536 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=1365,2048 1365w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=267,400 267w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=400,600 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=600,900 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=800,1200 800w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/mcclelland2.jpg?resize=1333,2000 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Ryan McClelland displays a structural mount made of 3D-printed titanium.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA \/ Henry Dennis<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Spacecraft and mission hardware designed by an artificial intelligence may resemble bones left by some alien species, but they weigh less, tolerate higher structural loads, and require a fraction of the time parts designed by humans take to develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey look somewhat alien and weird,\u201d Research Engineer Ryan McClelland said, \u201cbut once you see them in function, it really makes sense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McClelland pioneered the design of specialized, one-off parts using commercially available AI software at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, producing hardware he has dubbed evolved structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To create these parts, a computer-assisted design (CAD) specialist starts with the mission\u2019s requirements and draws in the surfaces where the part connects to the instrument or spacecraft \u2013 as well any bolts and fittings for electronics and other hardware. The designer might also need to block out a path so that the algorithm doesn\u2019t block a laser beam or optical sensor. Finally, more complex builds might require spaces for technicians\u2019 hands to maneuver for assembly and alignment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once all off-limits areas are defined, the AI connects the dots, McClelland said, producing complex structure designs in as little as an hour or two. \u201cThe algorithms do need a human eye,\u201d he said. \u201cHuman intuition knows what looks right, but left to itself, the algorithm can sometimes make structures too thin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These evolved structures save up to two-thirds of the weight compared to traditional components, he said, and can be milled by commercial vendors. \u201cYou can perform the design, analysis and fabrication of a prototype part, and have it in hand in as little as one week,\u201d McClelland said. \u201cIt can be radically fast compared with how we\u2019re used to working.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parts are also analyzed using NASA-standard validation software and processes to identify potential points of failure, McClelland said. \u201cWe found it actually lowers risk. After these stress analyses, we find the parts generated by the algorithm don\u2019t have the stress concentrations that you have with human designs. The stress factors are almost ten times lower than parts produced by an expert human.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McClelland\u2019s evolved components have been adopted by NASA missions in different stages of design and construction, including astrophysics balloon observatories, Earth-atmosphere scanners, planetary instruments, space weather monitors, space telescopes, and even the Mars Sample Return mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goddard physicist Peter Nagler turned to evolved structures to help develop the EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE) mission, a balloon-borne telescope developed to study hot Jupiter-type exoplanets orbiting other stars. Currently under construction and testing, EXCITE plans to use a near-infrared spectrograph to perform continuous observations of each planet\u2019s orbit about its host star.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Three similar parts sit on a table. Organic-looking scaffolding crosses over the front\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg 6079w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/excite.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Ryan McClelland designed an aluminum scaffold for the back of the EXCITE telescope, which is planned to make a test flight as early as Fall of 2023. The curved, criss-crossed reinforcing structures were designed to resist significant off-centered forces.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credit: NASA \/ Henry Dennis<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have a couple of areas with very tricky design requirements,\u201d Nagler said. \u201cThere were combinations of specific interfaces and exacting load specifications that were proving to be a challenge for our designers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McClelland designed a titanium scaffold for the back of the EXCITE telescope, where the IR receiver housed inside an aluminum cryogenic chamber connects to a carbon fiber plate supporting the primary mirror. \u201cThese materials have very different thermal expansion properties,\u201d Nagler said. \u201cWe had to have an interface between them that won\u2019t stress either material.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A long-duration NASA Super-Pressure Balloon will loft the EXCITE mission\u2019s SUV-sized payload, with an engineering test flight planned as early as fall of 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ideal Design Solution for NASA\u2019s Custom Parts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>AI-assisted design is a growing industry, with everything from equipment parts to entire car and motorcycle chassis being developed by computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The use case for NASA is particularly strong, McClelland said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a motorcycle or car company,\u201d McClelland said, \u201cthere may be only one chassis design that you\u2019re going to produce, and then you\u2019ll manufacture a bunch of them. Here at NASA, we make thousands of bespoke parts every year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3D printing with resins and metals will unlock the future of AI-assisted design, he said, enabling larger components such as structural trusses, complex systems that move or unfold, or advanced precision optics. \u201cThese techniques could enable NASA and commercial partners to build larger components in orbit that would not otherwise fit in a standard launch vehicle, they could even facilitate construction on the Moon or Mars using materials found in those locations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merging AI, 3D printing or additive manufacturing, and in-situ resource utilization will advance In-space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities. ISAM is a key priority for U.S. space infrastructure development as defined by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/04-2022-ISAM-National-Strategy-Final.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">ISAM National Strategy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/NATIONAL-ISAM-IMPLEMENTATION-PLAN.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\">ISAM Implementation Plan<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This work is supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/directorates\/spacetech\/innovation_fund\/index.html\">Center Innovation Fund<\/a> in NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate as well as Goddard\u2019s Internal Research and Development (IRAD) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Karl B. 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