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NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division World-class modeling, simulation, and supercomputing in support of the NASA mission

About NAS

The NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division delivers a cohesive high-performance computing (HPC) environment to accelerate NASA missions and make revolutionary advances and discoveries. Our innovative HPC technologies and research results are used to tackle some of the toughest science and engineering challenges facing the agency today.

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The NAS Division building at Ames Research Center.

At the heart of NAS’s exceptional capabilities are our people—the experts who research and develop the tools, methods, and software to support the vital supercomputing resources provided to multiple NASA mission organizations. In addition, we focus on four key technical areas that encompass development of software codes and tools to support NASA's real-world engineering applications and fundamental scientific advances.

Find out more about our supercomputing resources and services and our key technical areas:

  • Supercomputing: Procure, manage, and operate the supercomputing facilities and user services on behalf of the High End Computing Capability (HECC) project.
  • Aeronautics Research: Develop technologies and conduct simulation studies to support NASA's aerospace engineering programs and meet future aviation needs for safe, efficient, environmentally sustainable aircraft.
  • Launch Vehicle Analysis: Conduct computational modeling, simulation, and aerodynamics analysis of space launch vehicle designs and launch scenarios to ensure the highest possible performance and safety.
  • Risk/Safety Assessment: Provide advanced risk analyses to support development of complex space launch and exploration systems, and evaluate the possible damage risks from potential asteroid impacts.
  • Heliophysics: Develop tools for researching and modeling the Sun’s interior and atmosphere.

Our teams use the maximum computing power available to solve large problems in the shortest amount of time—often helping solve problems of a size or complexity that were previously impossible or impractical to work out.

We also play a significant leadership role in the HPC community and foster collaborative relationships within NASA, other government organizations, universities, and industry to help meet high-end computing goals for the agency.