Space Technology

For decades, SAIC has conducted and supported leading-edge research for space exploration and global climate change. For the U.S. Geological Survey, we are developing the ground station element and the image processing element for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission. The resulting products will be stored at the Center for EROS - the world's largest collection of remotely sensed data for customers studying a variety of environmental issues such as land use and global change. We developed the service-oriented architecture as well as the database architectures that are critical to the center's mission to make dynamic data products readily accessible on-line to customers worldwide.

We also play a leading role in NASA's human spaceflight program, providing safety, reliability, and quality assurance for the International Space Station, and helping NASA return the Space Shuttle to flight status.

When the Cassini mission's Huygens probe descended through the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and began transmitting data and striking images of its frozen surface, SAIC engineers and scientists could take pride in the historic event. We have supported this international research mission since 1988. Among other things, we worked on the environmental and launch safety analyses required because of the radioisotope-fueled devices that provide electrical power and heat for Cassini.