NASA Science Captivates Crowds at SC15

SC15 attendees from around the world flocked to NASA's booth to see the latest discoveries and innovations enabled by agency supercomputers. Nearly 40 demonstrations in Earth sciences, space travel, aeronautics, and exploration of our universe were on display. If you missed the conference, take a look at our demos, the amazing science visualizations in our gallery, and more!

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Featured Demos

Transforming Passenger Aircraft for Fuel Efficiency
 

A NASA-MIT collaboration combines wind tunnel tests and advanced modeling and simulation of a new aircraft design that may reduce fuel consumption and lower airline operating costs.

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Estimating Trees & Shrubs in the Sub-Sahara Using Cloud Computing

Using an innovative combination of NASA and commercial cloud technologies, scientists are calculating woody biomass and stored carbon from the Sahara south to the savanna zones.

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Building the Space Launch System Booster Separation Database

Tens of thousands of computational fluid dynamics simulations were used to build the most complex aerodynamic database in NASA’s SLS program, which will help engineers validate the design of the solid rocket booster separation system.

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New Simulations Explore the Origins of Star Clusters
 

Simulations spanning 700,000 years follow the gravitational collapse of giant clouds of magnetized gas, and the subsequent evolution of protostellar clusters, to help solve one of the most fundamental questions in astrophysics.

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