Magazine Article

3D GeoWall Analysis System for Shuttle External Tank Foreign Object Debris Events

TBMG-8500

09/01/2010

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An analytical, advanced imaging method has been developed for the initial monitoring and identification of foam debris and similar anomalies that occur post-launch in reference to the space shuttle’s external tank (ET). Remote sensing technologies have been used to perform image enhancement and analysis on high-resolution, true-color images collected with the DCS 760 Kodak digital camera located in the right umbilical well of the space shuttle. Improvements to the camera, using filters, have added sharpness/definition to the image sets; however, image review/analysis of the ET has been limited by the fact that the images acquired by umbilical cameras during launch are two-dimensional, and are usually non-referenceable between frames due to rotation translation of the ET as it falls away from the space shuttle. Use of stereo pairs of these images can enable strong visual indicators that can immediately portray depth perception of damaged areas or movement of fragments between frames is not perceivable in two-dimensional images.

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"3D GeoWall Analysis System for Shuttle External Tank Foreign Object Debris Events," Mobility Engineering, September 1, 2010.
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Sep 1, 2010
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TBMG-8500
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English