High-Tech Computing

Technology
Game Changing Development Program
High-Tech Computing
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Technology for Space Travel
Technology Transfer
NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing project aims to dramatically improve the computing power of spacecraft. Missions need processors that can withstand the harsh space environment, so they use chips developed years ago that are hardy and reliable.
Posted May 12, 2026
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Game Changing Development Program
High-Tech Computing
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Langley Research Center
Technology
Technology for Space Travel
For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations during NASA’s first Moon missions.
Posted May 8, 2026
General
High-Tech Computing
Technology
Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such as planet or moon centered trajectories, libration point trajectories, planet-moon transfers and tours, and all types of interplanetary and asteroid/comet missions.
Posted March 24, 2026
Ames Research Center
Astrophysics
Gamma-Ray Bursts
Goddard Space Flight Center
Gravitational Waves
High-Tech Computing
Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)
Neutron Stars
Origin & Evolution of the Universe
Science & Research
Sensing the Universe & Multimessenger Astronomy
The Universe
New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they crash.
Posted January 29, 2026
High-Tech Computing
Ames Research Center
General
NASA is announcing the availability of its newest supercomputer, Athena, an advanced system designed to support a new generation of missions and research projects.
Posted January 27, 2026
Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Astrophysics
Dark Energy
Dark Matter
Galaxies
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes
Galaxies, Stars, & Black Holes Research
Galaxy clusters
Goddard Space Flight Center
High-Tech Computing
Science & Research
Stars
Supernovae
Technology
The Universe
Astronomers have released a set of more than a million simulated images showcasing the cosmos as NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will see it. This preview will help scientists explore a myriad of Roman’s science goals. “We used a supercomputer to create a synthetic universe and simulated billions of years of evolution, tracing […]
Posted January 14, 2025
Mars
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
General
High-Tech Computing
Mars Moons
Martian Moon Exploration (MMX)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Planets
Technology
The Solar System
A NASA study using a series of supercomputer simulations reveals a potential new solution to a longstanding Martian mystery: How did Mars get its moons?
Posted November 20, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
High-Tech Computing
NASA Centers & Facilities
Technology
Under a new agreement, NASA will host supercomputing resources for the University of California, Berkeley, at the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
Posted August 2, 2024
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