{"id":283949,"date":"2022-11-22T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T01:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-484082"},"modified":"2023-09-29T17:39:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T21:39:41","slug":"5-ways-supercomputing-is-key-to-nasa-mission-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/technology\/5-ways-supercomputing-is-key-to-nasa-mission-success\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways Supercomputing is Key to NASA Mission Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Whether developing new technologies for landing on other planets, improving air travel here at home, or more realistically simulating global weather and climate, supercomputing is key to the success of NASA missions. These advances and more were on display in the agency\u2019s hybrid exhibit during SC22, the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Designing safe, efficient air taxis.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"An air flow visualization shows the vortex wake for NASA\u2019s six-passenger tiltwing concept Advanced Air Mobility vehicle in cruise or \u201cairplane-mode.\u201d \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?resize=300,267 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?resize=768,682 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?resize=1024,910 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?resize=1536,1365 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?resize=400,355 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?resize=600,533 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?resize=900,800 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/venturadiaz-p-tiltwing-cruise-small.png?resize=1200,1066 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This air flow visualization shows the vortex wake for NASA\u2019s six-passenger tiltwing concept Advanced Air Mobility vehicle in cruise or \u201cairplane-mode.\u201d This image reveals the complexity of the flow for a tiltwing multi-rotor configuration, where many rotors interact with each other, the wing, and the fuselage.u003cbru003e<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eCredits: NASA\/Patricia Ventura Diazfestau003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Using NASA\u2019s powerful supercomputers, researchers are simulating the aerodynamic performance of several promising air taxi vehicle configurations that will someday carry passengers and cargo in urban and suburban areas. The highly complex simulations will be used to help design and develop these future air taxis\u2014also called Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles\u2014that will be safe, quiet, and efficient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NASA plays an important role in the development of AAM by identifying key research areas and conceptualizing the design of AAM vehicles. Recent simulations focus on the performance of tiltwing and quiet single-main rotor AAM concept vehicles. Simulations were carried out on the supercomputers, such as Aitken, at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at the agency\u2019s Ames Research Center in California\u2019s Silicon Valley, which allowed such complex simulations to be solved in just a few days. Understanding the complex flow structures in these rotary-wing aircraft is key to reaching AAM performance and noise-level goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Keeping planetary rovers safe during risky landings. <\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"An image of an Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiments (ASPIRE) simulation showing fluid-structural interaction dynamics and relative flow speed (where yellow is high, black is low). \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/10_barad_m_sc22_parachute.jpg?resize=2000,1125 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Image of an Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiments (ASPIRE) simulation showing fluid-structural interaction dynamics and relative flow speed (Mach number, where yellow is high, black is low). This simulation aims to match the peak inflation forces that will occur during ASPIRE\u2019s first flight test.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eCredits: NASA\/Michael Barad and Jonathan Boustaniu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The entry, descent, and landing (EDL) sequence for NASA\u2019s Mars landers has infamously been called the \u201cseven minutes of terror,\u201d because hundreds of critical events need to happen successfully\u2014without intervention from Earth, due to the signal lag between the two planets. Roughly four minutes into descent, the spacecraft deploys a parachute that must inflate as evenly as possible, despite a wake of turbulent air, and without any rips or tears to the tightly woven fabric. This is one of the riskiest aspects of EDL and is notoriously challenging to predict. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the agency\u2019s Aitken supercomputer, engineers at Ames are developing the capability to reduce risk and cost by simulating and analyzing many scenarios of supersonic parachute inflation, which would be too costly to study using flight tests. Another advantage to simulations is that fine-scale details can be extracted \u2014that information can help engineers develop next-generation EDL systems able to handle the heavier payloads of future robotic Mars missions, like Mars Sample Return. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. Modeling spacecraft heat shield materials at the microscale.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1706\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"This visualization shows a heat transfer simulation on a fibrous felt-like material made from carbon\/graphite using NASA\u2019s Porous Microstructure Analysis (PuMA) software.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?resize=300,267 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?resize=768,682 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?resize=1024,910 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?resize=1536,1365 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?resize=400,355 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?resize=600,533 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?resize=900,800 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/27_ferguson_j_sc22_image1_thermalconductivity_morganfelt_small.png?resize=1200,1066 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">This visualization shows a heat transfer simulation on a fibrous felt-like material made from carbon\/graphite using NASA\u2019s Porous Microstructure Analysis (PuMA) software. In the simulation, a small temperature gradient is imposed across a material microstructure, and the steady-state temperature profile and heat flux are determined.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eCredits: NASA\/Joseph C. Ferguson, Stanford University; Federico Semeraro and John Thornton, NASA\/Amesu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA\u2019s Porous Microstructure Analysis (PuMA) software uses <a>X-ray microtomography<\/a> to generate high-resolution 3D images of a material\u2019s inner structure. PuMA, developed at Ames, provides unprecedented insights into materials used in heat shields for spacecraft, supersonic parachutes, and for meteorite analysis. NASA researchers use PuMA to develop new thermal protection system (TPS) materials for future space missions, and NASA\u2019s high-performance supercomputers provide material scientists with the ability to run full-scale modeling on a material\u2019s microstructure. This helps ensure the safety of future spacecraft, especially during the dangerous descent phase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While this <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nasa\/puma\" rel=\"noopener\">open-source software<\/a> was originally created as a tool to predict material properties for TPS for spacecraft, PuMA has expanded to provide scientists the ability to combine material generation \u2013 from simple shapes to complex fibrous woven geometries \u2013 with studies of the material\u2019s performance, such as its conductivity, elasticity, permeability, and even the way it oxidizes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Predicting weather and climate to keep humans safe.  <\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?w=1920\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"The intense tropical cyclone Hagibis in the western Pacific Ocean shown in a visible-light satellite image from the Himarawi-8 satellite on Oct. 10, 2019, and a visible cloud image produced by the experimental GEOS model. \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/17_putman_f1_geos_edited_small.png?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">The intense tropical cyclone Hagibis in the western Pacific Ocean reached super typhoon status on Oct. 7, 2019. The inset image is a visible-light satellite image from the Himarawi-8 satellite on Oct. 10, 2019. The larger image is a visible cloud image produced by the experimental GEOS model. Hagibis has a well-defined eye, filled with shallow, low-level clouds surrounded by deep convective bands and a long stream of clouds being drawn into an extratropical frontal system to the northeast.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eCredits: NASA\/William Putnamu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>NASA is pushing the edge of modeling capability with the creation of a 1.5 kilometer (about 1 mile) resolution, global digital twin of Earth using supercomputers. The Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is using historical observational data to simulate the Earth system\u2019s weather and climate. The NASA Global Earth Observing System (GEOS) model and assimilation system is the agency\u2019s flagship system for enhancing the use of NASA\u2019s extensive Earth observations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the vast expansion of machine learning capabilities and improved programming paradigms for super-fast graphics processing units, GEOS is now poised to provide an experimental framework within NASA for weather and climate studies. The GEOS model will have a range of capabilities including coupled ocean-atmosphere Earth system modeling, advanced studies of carbon emission, and transport at ultra-high resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5.  Exploring the past, present, and future of planets inside and outside our solar system.<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/way_m_venustemperature.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/way_m_venustemperature.png?w=896\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A map of the simulated surface temperature of Venus three billion years ago, with a 310 meter-deep dynamic ocean. \" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/way_m_venustemperature.png 896w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/way_m_venustemperature.png?resize=300,209 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/way_m_venustemperature.png?resize=768,535 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/way_m_venustemperature.png?resize=400,279 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/way_m_venustemperature.png?resize=600,418 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">A map of the simulated surface temperature of Venus three billion years ago, with a 310 meter-deep dynamic ocean. Temperatures on the continents are around or below the freezing point of water. This is because the planet rotates very slowly, and the continents get quite cold during Venus\u2019 night.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">u003cstrongu003eCredits: NASA\/Michael Wayu003c\/strongu003e<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Supercomputers are like computational \u201ctime machines,\u201d and scientists use them to explore the past, present, and future universe. Using the NASA Center for Climate Simulation\u2019s Discover supercomputer and the ROCKE-3D computer model, scientists from NASA\u2019s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York are simulating the climates of planets inside and outside our solar system. These simulations show that three billion years ago, Venus, Earth\u2019s closest planetary neighbor, may have been temperate long enough to have an ocean \u2013 making Venus possibly the first habitable world in our solar system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farther from Earth, running ROCKE-3D with ocean characteristics more realistic than in previous models, scientists found that extrasolar world Proxima Centauri b is more habitable than previously believed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Closer to home, simulations of the Moon reveal that water released by ancient volcanoes closer to the lunar equator can find its way to permanently shadowed polar regions, where we could potentially use it for future exploration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about NASA\u2019s virtual exhibit at the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, visit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nas.nasa.gov\/sc22\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nas.nasa.gov\/sc22<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about supercomputers run by NASA\u2019s High-End Computing Program, visit: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hec.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/hec.nasa.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For news media:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the news media interested in covering this topic should reach out to the <a href=\"mailto:arc-dl-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov\">NASA Ames newsroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Authors: Jill Dunbar, Michelle Moyer, and Katie Pitta, NASA\u2019s Ames Research Center and Jarrett Cohen and Sean Keefe, NASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether developing new technologies for landing on other planets, improving air travel here at home, or more realistically simulating global weather and climate, supercomputing is key to the success of NASA missions. 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