Research Projects
Researchers, engineers, and computer scientists from five NASA locations and several universities describe their findings over the past year on the pages listed below. Details from 36 projects—covering next-generation aviation, Earth science, space exploration, cosmic events, and much more—are featured, along with spectacular images and videos.
Supercomputer Simulations Help Design Safe, Efficient Air Taxis
Using NASA’s powerful supercomputers, researchers simulate the performance of several promising designs for air taxi vehicles to carry passengers and shipments in urban and outlying areas.Simulating Supersonic Parachute Inflation for Mars Landers
Simulating parachute inflation at supersonic speed helps accelerate parachute design and reduce cost and risk of one of the most dangerous aspects of entry, descent, and landing on Mars.Microscale Modeling of NASA Thermal Protection Materials
To better understand and design material for future air– and spacecraft, NASA scientists developed the Porous Microstructure Analysis software, which can simulate 3D microstructures on an atomic scale.The Evolution of GEOS as a Digital Twin for Earth System Science
NASA is pushing the edge of modeling capability with the creation of a global digital twin of Earth for use in weather prediction, climate research, and the circulation of Earth’s atmosphere and oceans.Modeling Atmospheres for Understanding Solar and Extrasolar Worlds
Harnessing a NASA supercomputer and the ROCKE-3D computer model, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies scientists are simulating the climates of terrestrial worlds inside and outside our solar system.