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If you are a NASA-sponsored scientist or engineer, computing time is available to you at the High-End Computing (HEC) Program's NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Facility and NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS).

LATEST NEWS

Visualization of galaxy formation
01.13.10 - New Research Resolves Conflict in Theory of How Galaxies Form
Simulations run at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Facility and other locations solve nagging issues in the theory of how cold dark matter let the universe evolve into the galaxy-rich cosmos we see today.
Visualization of modeled winds
12.10.09 - Climate in a Box Debuts
NASA has begun a project to make its climate and Earth science models more accessible to a broader community.
Photo of Pleiades supercomputer
11.18.09 - NASA Supercomputer Ranks Among World's Fastest
NASA's Pleiades supercomputer at Ames Research Center has garnered the number 6 spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers.
Computer simulation showing clouds over Atlantic
11.04.09 - NASA Showcases 'Green' Missions at SC09 Conference
Five NASA centers join forces this month to showcase “green” science, engineering, and technology achievements at SC09, the leading international conference on high-performance computing, networking, storage, and analysis.
Map of the world showing methane concentrations
10.29.09 - Interactions with Aerosols Boost Warming Potential of Some Gases
Certain gases that cause warming are so closely linked with aerosol production that the emissions of one type of pollutant can affect the quantity of the other, as shown by Goddard Institute for Space Studies simulations.

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Visualization of pressure coefficient on the Space Shuttle
Space Shuttle RTF Ascent Aerodynamics and Debris Transport Analysis
Pressure coefficient on the Space Shuttle Launch Vehicle and in the near-body flowfield.
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