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Advanced Computing
Advanced computing plays a vital role in NASA’s missions, whether it’s simulating NASA and commercial space exploration vehicles, running scientific models that uncover the secrets of our universe, or optimizing onboard computers in space.
Quick Facts
As part of the NASA’s High-Performance Space Computing project, Microchip Technology Inc. of Chandler, Arizona was selected to develop a processor that will provide at least 100 times the computational capacity of current spaceflight computers. This key capability would advance all types of future space missions, from planetary exploration to lunar and Mars surface missions.
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft could transform transportation, cargo delivery, and a variety of public services. NASA is conducting research with pilots and project engineers assessing a flight autonomy system software’s responsiveness and efficacy, testing the human-to-machine interactions to support progress in its development.
Key Computing Areas
- Space Vehicle Analysis: Computational modeling of space vehicle designs and launch scenarios to ensure the highest possible performance on humanity’s journey back to the Moon and onward to Mars.
- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Software stacks and computing environments for creating advanced AI applications.
- Aeronautics Research: Simulation and aerodynamics studies to help NASA develop the next generation of aircraft.
- Risk/Safety Assessments: Advanced risk analyses to support crew safety on Moon and Mars missions, prevent equipment failure, and evaluate the possible hazards from potential asteroid impacts.
- Scientific Discoveries: Analysis and modeling capabilities that transform NASA’s vast stores of science data into groundbreaking insights about our planet and the universe.
- Computing in Space: Supercharging the performance and autonomy of onboard computing systems for missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
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High-Performance Computing for NASA’s Mission
NASA has several advanced computing resources available for use by NASA-affiliated scientists and engineers. The agency takes an integrated approach to high-performance computing, matching each project’s needs to the right mix of on-premises and cloud compute resources. This approach ensures that every NASA mission has access to the optimal computing environment.
High-End Computing (HEC)
HEC is NASA’s flagship high-performance computing capability, located at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley, California. HEC enables large-scale modeling, simulation, and analysis across NASA’s science, engineering, and exploration missions.
Mission-Focused Computing Systems
NASA operates specialized computing systems at other NASA centers, supporting numerous science, engineering and mission operations. These systems play an important role in addressing unique project or instrument-driven computational analysis needs across the agency. These systems include: NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
Science Cloud
Science Cloud is a unified, modernized cloud infrastructure serving new and existing NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) projects. It is managed by the Office of the Chief Science Data Officer.
High Performance Spaceflight Computing
The objective of NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) project is to develop a next-generation flight computing system that addresses computational performance, power management, fault tolerance, and connectivity needs of NASA missions through 2040 and beyond.
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Mission and Impact
NASA seeks to improve our ability to access and travel through space; land more mass in more locations throughout the solar system; live and work in deep space and on planetary bodies; build next generation air vehicles, and transform the ability to observe the universe and answer profound questions in earth and space sciences.
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