Press Room
Thank you for your interest in NASA's latest science, engineering, and technology demonstrations being showcased in SC12 in Salt Lake City. Writers, editors, and industry analysts attending the conference are encouraged to call or email our press contacts, listed at right; or find them at the NASA booth (#831). Please check back here for more press room updates and the launch of our mobile site, with complete schedule information for all the events going on in the NASA booth.
Press Releases and Media Alerts
- 11.05.12 – NASA Missions Featured at Supercomputing Conference
- 11.12.12 – SC12 Conference Features Big Data Science Enabled by the Internet2 Network
Media Backgrounders
Our expanded media backgrounders for NASA's featured demonstrations at SC12 gives journalists and other writers detailed overviews, facts, and quotes to use as a starting point for their own stories. Be sure to come back here to stay up to date on the latest NASA SC12 activities!
- Designing Curiosity's Perfect Landing on Mars
Millions of people around the world watched as the Mars Science Laboratory rover landed in Gale Crater on August 5, 2012 to begin its 687 Earth-day mission to determine whether Mars ever had an environment capable of supporting microbial life. Engineers combined their unique knowledge of entry, decent, and landing with the processing power of NASA supercomputers to orchestrate Curiosity's safe arrival on Mars. Read More... - Reaching Beyond Low Earth Orbit
Design engineers are using supercomputers to simulate the rocket ignition and launch environment for NASA's new heavy-lift Space Launch System (SLS), which will be capable of launching large payloads and crew vehicles to exploration missions beyond Earth orbit. Simulations of acoustic waves that can damage the SLS and launch structure are being used to more fully understand the launch conditions and design a safer, more affordable, and sustainable vehicle. Read More... - Modeling the World in High Resolution
In late October, Hurricane Sandy bore down on the U.S. East Coast with peak winds of 90 miles per hour and local rainfall in excess of 10 inches, causing extensive flooding and power outages. A NASA climate model resolving Hurricane Sandy and weather phenomena on a global scale offers a captivating preview of future simulation capabilities. Read More... - The Search Continues: Kepler's Quest for Habitable Earth-Sized Planets
Since its launch in February 2010, the Kepler spacecraft has discovered more than 2,321 planet candidates circling 1,790 host stars in other Milky Way solar systems, including 77 confirmed planets—one of which orbits a double star that, in turn, is orbited by a second distant pair of stars. NASA's powerful Pleiades supercomputer is aiding the mission team in the hunt for these exoplanets. Read More... - Putting the "FUN" in Fundamental Aerodynamics Research
Scientists and engineers are developing and maturing computational tools and methods to enable formal, constrained optimization of complex aerospace design configurations. Using these tools to run simulations on NASA's massively parallel computers can greatly reduce the need for more costly alternatives, such as wind tunnel experiments or flight testing. Read More...
Images & Videos
Download eye-catching images and videos to accompany your SC12-related news stories and blog entries from the NASA SC12 Media Gallery or from individual demo pages. These multimedia assets are available in both low- and high-resolution formats.
Press Contacts
email: Jill Dunbar
office: 1.650.604.3534
email: Jarrett Cohen
office: 1.301.286.2744
For other media inquiries related to NASA's participation in SC12, please contact Karen Jenvey, Ames Research Center, or call 1.650.604.4789.
