Tag: AWS
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NASA releases jaw-dropping video and audio from Mars, with an assist from AWS
A portion of a panorama from NASA’s Perseverance rover shows its surroundings in Mars’ Jezero Crater. The close-range perspective is somewhat skewed due to the panorama effect. (NASA / JPL-Caltech) For the first time ever, NASA has captured video of a rover landing on the surface of Mars, plus audio of the wind whistling past…
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Project Kuiper plus AWS: How Amazon’s cloud and satellite internet ventures mesh
Amazon Web Services’ infrastructure, which includes satellite ground stations, could come in handy for supporting Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellite broadband constellation. (AWS Photo) Amazon Web Services and the Project Kuiper satellite internet venture may be separate domains of Jeff Bezos’ business empire, but even Amazon’s executives admit there’s a lot of potential for synergy. That’s…
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Amazon Web Services is creating its very own space force for cloud computing
AWS Ground Station makes use of satellite ground stations. (AWS Photo) Amazon Web Services today unveiled a new business unit devoted to developing data infrastructure and cloud services for the aerospace and satellite industry — and headed by someone who helped set up the U.S. Space Force. The Aerospace and Satellite Solutions business segment will…
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Amazon Web Services and NASA team up to stream video from space via the cloud
Astronaut Andrew Morgan does a zero-gravity flip on the International Space Station with a push from his two NASA crewmates, Christina Koch and Jessica Meir. (NASA via YouTube) Amazon Web Services and NASA have demonstrated how cloud-based video processing can distribute live streams from space, with a shout-out from the International Space Station. The demonstration…
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How AWS Ground Station is taking its giant leap for satellite links in small steps
An artist’s conception shows Capella Space’s radar satellite in orbit. (Capella Space Illustration) LAS VEGAS – Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says his company has gotten so big that it has to branch out into business lines that “move the needle,” like the recently revealed Project Kuiper broadband satellite constellation. But Project Kuiper isn’t Amazon’s only…
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AWS Ground Station satellite control system is officially open for business
AWS Ground Station currently makes use of two satellite ground stations and plans to add 10 more later this year. (AWS Photo) Six months after a sneak preview, Amazon Web Services has just raised the curtain on AWS Ground Station, its cloud-based system for controlling satellites and downloading satellite data. AWS says the service is…
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Lockheed Martin joins the discussion about cloud computing services in space
Satellites could extend cloud computing to the final frontier. (Lockheed Martin Illustration) Is the final frontier the next frontier for cloud computing? One of the presentations planned for Amazon’s re:MARS conference in June suggests that Lockheed Martin is putting serious thought into the idea of space-based cloud services. The presentation, titled “Solving Earth’s Biggest Problems…
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First live ultra-HD video from space features oohs, ahhs and zero-G ping pong
As NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson looks on, crewmate Jack Fischer jokes that “you can probably see into my pores” during the first’ever live 4K UHD video feed from the International Space Station. (NASA via YouTube) NASA and AWS Elemental showed off something completely different from the International Space Station today: the first live video in ultra-high-definition…
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Amazon Web Services plays role in NASA’s first ultra-HD live video from space
The International Space Station’s commander, NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, will chat with AWS Elemental’s CEO during the first space-to-Earth live stream to make use of ultra-high-definition video. (NASA Photo) NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson stars in the highest-resolution video ever broadcast live from the International Space Station, bur Amazon Web Services will play a supporting role.…
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How cloud computing boosts NASA’s quest to explore the final frontier
An open-source cloud computing project, known as OpenStack, was developed by NASA and Rackspace Inc. to standardize the data on NASA websites. (NASA Photo) When one of NASA’s top geeks talks to the cloud-computing geeks at Amazon Web Services’ re:Invent conference, you can bet the talk is not going to be just about outer space.…