Welcome to NASA@SC11

Overview

NASA joins the international supercomputing community at SC11 in Seattle, November 12–18, to celebrate the latest science, engineering, and technology achievements enabled by its world-class high-end computing resources.

Our SC11 website features 40 demonstrations of computational projects across the NASA's mission areas, along with a collection of spectacular images and videos related to aviation safety and efficiency, exploration of the universe, design of next-generation space vehicles, global climate research, and much more.

On the SC11 showroom floor, scientists and engineers from around the country will be on hand to present their NASA project results. This year, in keeping with SC11’s focus on data-intensive science, we will also showcase the following demonstrations:

Searching for Sister Planets

Today, with the help of one of NASA's largest space telescopes and its most powerful supercomputer, scientists are analyzing observational data gathered from pioneering astronomer Johannes Kepler's modern-day namesake—the Kepler Mission spacecraft—to search the skies for Earth's sister planets and make new astronomical discoveries. Read More...

Cracking the Mysteries of Space Weather

Our planet is mostly protected from solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and other space weather events by a cocoon of magnetic field called the magnetosphere. But sometimes Earth's magnetosphere "cracks" and lets space weather inside, where it can cause damage. Satellites losses alone exceed $4 billion. Read More...

Spinning up NASA Supercomputers for Rotorcraft Design

From monitoring automobile traffic to lifting wounded soldiers out of combat zones, helicopters and other rotorcraft provide many useful civil and military functions without needing airports and runways. Aimed at enhancing the utility of these unique vehicles even further, NASA's Subsonic Rotary Wing (SRW) Project is performing cutting-edge research to help increase their performance and reduce the amount of noise that they produce. Read More...

Giving Rocket Science a Boost

According to a 2008 entry in the Encyclopedia Britannica blog, "it's not rocket science" is distinguished as one of the top 10 most overused and useless expressions in the English language. But as NASA pours both its brainpower and supercomputing power into developing a new heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS) for human exploration far beyond Earth, expertise in rocket science is exactly what's needed for success. Read More...

Enjoy your exploration of our online SC11 exhibit!