Before NASA's Curiosity rover could begin its scientific mission on Mars, it first had to get there with a little help from the agency's supercomputers. Read More

Using complex computer models and the Pleiades supercomputer, scientists are taking a closer look at Earth's oceans and sea-ice to understand more about how they work and why they are changing. Read More

As NASA pours both its brainpower and supercomputing power into the new Space Launch System, NAS Division modeling and simulation experts remind us that it really is rocket science. Read More

The NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) is a unique collaborative workspace where Earth scientists can join forces, make new discoveries, and share knowledge to gain a better understanding of our planet. Read More

With the help of one of NASA's largest space telescopes and its most powerful supercomputer, scientists are analyzing observational data gathered from the Kepler mission spacecraft to search the skies for Earth's sister planets. Read More

12.10.13 The NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) website has a new look-and-feel that makes it easier for the Earth science community to explore NEX resources, form collaborations, and share information. Learn about the three NEX user tiers, which provide access to collaboration tools and utilities, datasets and a prototyping sandbox, and supercomputing resources operated by the NAS Division. Visit the NEX website

11.13.12 Some of NASA's best and brightest will showcase more than 30 of the agency's exciting computational achievements at the Supercomputer Conference 2013 (SC13), Nov. 17-22, 2013, in Denver. Highlighted accomplishments include science revelations made during the Mars rover Curiosity's first year on the Red Planet, the Kepler mission's new data-centric strategy for finding new planets, unique insights into the physical mechanisms of galaxy formation, and methods to improve the design of the Space Launch System and next-generation launch pad. Visit the NASA SC13 WebsitePress Release

11.12.13 Satellite and computer modeling datasets produced by the NASA Earth Exchange (NEX), a collaborative workspace that relies on NAS Division supercomputing capabilities, will be made available to researchers and educators across the globe through a new agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS). Read More

09.19.13 System engineers in the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division have upgraded the Pleiades supercomputer and repurposed its original hardware to help meet NASA's ever-increasing requirements for high-performance computing cycles. Read More

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