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Storage Keeps Pace with Data from Space

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Marie Freebody, Contributing Editor, [email protected]

As imaging technology improves, space researchers are accumulating incredible amounts of image data – all of which must be transmitted and stored for analysis. There are few fields in which the challenge of image storage and analysis is more keenly felt than in space research. From ground-based telescopes to instruments in the outer reaches of the solar system, the influx of image data that is continually being generated is staggering. And this volume is set to grow as technologies for space exploration become more sophisticated. As NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover busies...Read full article

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    Published: November 2012
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    astronomy
    The scientific observation of celestial radiation that has reached the vicinity of Earth, and the interpretation of these observations to determine the characteristics of the extraterrestrial bodies and phenomena that have emitted the radiation.
    astronomyBasic Sciencebig datacamerasCCDCuriosityDaniel J. Crichtondatadata analysisenergyESACESOEuclidEuropean Southern ObservatoryEuropean Space Astronomy CentreFeaturesGaiaimage dataImagingJeremy R. WalshJet Propulsion LaboratoryJPLLisa GaddisMarie FreebodyMarsMars rovermosaic cameraNASAPDsPDS Imaging NodePedro OsunaPlanetary Data SystemSensors & Detectorsspacestoragesurvey telescopeVery Large TelescopeVLTVST

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