RAISR: NASA’s Space Development Software employs AI for fault diagnosis in spacecrafts

As countries are getting closer to  different planets of the solar system it is important that spaceships and spacecraft have robust systems to safeguard the astronauts. 

 

Evana Gizzi, who works at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre, Greeland  has developed a software named Research in Artificial Intelligence for Spacecraft Resilience (RAISR). 

 

With the (RAISR) software the AI intelligence systems in spacecraft can diagnose realtime faults in spacecrafts, and spaceflights.

 

This AI technology can speed up the fault diagnosis process in aircrafts.  This system will be helpful for improving the efficiency of space missions. The RAISR software can even explain the cause behind the fault. 

 

The current fault diagnosis process in spacecraft is inefficient, it can detect the fault in the aircraft but it cannot detect the reasons behind the fault. 

 

The new software can even connect spacecraft’s decreasing temperature with the malfunction in internal heat regulation. To the operators of the spacecraft it will display the reason behind the fault on the screen. 

 

A lot of times, the causes of spacecraft failure cannot be analyzed. RAISR will not control the entire system; it will only help in fault diagnosing. 

 

Current safety modes waste a lot of time, and by the time the cause is analyzed a lot is lost.

 

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RAISR

 

• RAISR will use a combination of machine learning and AI.

 

• Machine Learning based techniques will be used in fault diagnosis

 

• AI will facilitate reasoning to provide accurate reason that lead to any particular fault

 

• AI will act as an additional brain within the spacecraft

 

According to PHYSORG , Conrad Schiff, an assistant chief for technology in the software engineering division at Goddard., said ”RAISR enables better collection of data and observations by reducing resources needed for the maintenance of the systems themselves.

 

It's less glamorous, it's grittier, but it's making sure the health and safety of the thing producing the data is maintained as best as we can."

 

It is impossible to provide AI adequate reasoning, but the new software can repair the new breakouts in the engine without human interference. 

 

NASA trusts the AI technology, in the year 2019 it collaborated with Intel to develop an intelligent navigation system that employed AI for exploration of planets. The model was trained to send snapshots from the space.