Progress update on SpaceShield Global

Completed major backend and frontend foundation work:

• NASA API integration layer
• Spring Boot controllers, services, repositories, and mappers
• Kafka producers, consumers, and event models
• Risk classification engine
• Scheduled data ingestion
• Database entities and DTOs
• Initial Next.js frontend setup
• Fireball map component

Current architecture:

NASA APIs → Spring Boot → Kafka → Risk Engine → PostgreSQL → Next.js Dashboard

Next steps:

• Test live NASA data ingestion
• Complete dashboard UI
• Connect risk assessments to frontend views
• Add visualizations for asteroids, solar flares, and fireballs

SpaceShield Global is a real-time platform for monitoring and analyzing near-Earth space events using NASA data.