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High-End Computing Program

Delivering high-end computing systems and services to NASA's aeronautics, exploration, science, and space operations missions.

REQUESTING COMPUTING TIME AT NASA

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

Photo of SGI Altix ICE system
05.07.08 - NASA, Intel, SGI Plan to 'Soup Up' Supercomputer
NASA, Intel Corp., and SGI today announced the signing of an agreement establishing intentions to collaborate on significantly increasing the space agency’s supercomputer performance and capacity.
Cross-section of SGI Altix ICE system
05.06.08 - SGI to Supply NASA's Next Major Supercomputer
NASA has chosen SGI to supply its next major supercomputer, a 20,480-core SGI Altix ICE system, after a competitive evaluation the space agency launched last year.
Satellites observing Sun and Earth
05.02.08 - NCCS Support of Space Exploration: Improving Space Weather Modeling Required for Interplanetary Travel
Simulating phenomena from the Sun to Earth, Goddard Space Flight Center scientists are using the NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) to advance space weather modeling.
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04.24.08 - Ozone Hole Recovery Will Reshape Climate Change
A full recovery of the stratospheric ozone hole could strongly modify climate change in the Southern Hemisphere and possibly amplify warming of the Antarctic continent, according to simulations using NASA's Columbia supercomputer.

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FEATURED IMAGE

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Interstage Separation of Ares I
Plume from a simulation of an Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle during a “two-plane” stage separation.
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