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).
- 04.30.09 - Science Mission Directorate Award Emails
- Award emails went out April 29 for allocations beginning May 1. Please email support@hec.nasa.gov if you have any questions.
LATEST NEWS
- 08.24.09 - NASA Expands High-End Computing System for Climate Simulation
- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center made available to scientists in August the first unit of an expanded high-end computing system that will serve as the centerpiece of a new climate simulation capability.
- 07.28.09 - Simulations Enable Successful Hubble Navigation Experiment
- Months-long simulations at NCCS produced thousands of images that were critical for planning and testing the Hubble Relative Navigation Sensor Experiment.
- 07.20.09 - Super-Eruptions, Climate and Human Survival
- Explosive volcanic eruptions can cool climate for a short period, but can a super-eruption such as occurred 74,000 years ago lead to ice sheet formation?
- 07.15.09 - Now Available: High-End Computing at NASA 2007–2008
- This new report features science and engineering highlights from across NASA's mission directorates and updates about the HEC Program’s facilities and services.
- 06.09.09 - Transportation Pollution and Global Warming
- Controlling pollution from transportation sources would greatly reduce black carbon and ozone emissions, which affect both climate and also human health. The study included global climate model simulations run at NCCS.
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FEATURED IMAGE
- IBM iDataPlex Cluster
- The NASA Center for Computational Sciences (NCCS) expanded its “Discover” high-end computer by integrating a 4,096-core IBM iDataPlex cluster.
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- Last Updated: August 24, 2009
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