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New Technology and IRADs

  • An artist’s concept of NASA’s Lunar Terrain Vehicle.

    HPSC: Transforming Spaceflight Computing with Radiation-Hardened Multicore Technology

    NASA’s High Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) project is developing a next generation spaceflight computing system with revolutionary advancements in processing performance, power…  

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  • Ryan McClelland displays a structural mount made of 3D-printed titanium.

    AI Bones – Evolved Structures for Future Exploration

    Hardware designed by AI may resemble alien bones, but they weigh less, tolerate more stress, and require a fraction of the time parts designed by humans take to develop. Spacecraft and mission hardware designed by an artificial intelligence may resemble bones…

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  • Artist's concept of NASA’s vision to support High Compute Assets for Space using HPSC

    core Flight System (cFS) and High Performance Spaceflight Computing (HPSC) Integration

    The integration of NASA’s widely adopted core Flight System (cFS) framework with the HPSC ecosystem from the High-Performance Space Flight Computing (HPSC) project creates an immediate pathway for missions to leverage…

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  • A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies, known as Arp 143, has fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-formation frenzy as captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The interacting galaxy duo Arp 143 contains the distorted, star-forming spiral galaxy NGC 2445, at right, along with its less flashy companion, NGC 2444, at left. Their frenzied collision takes place against the tapestry of distant galaxies, of which some can be seen through the interacting pair.

    Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO)

    NASA is further prioritizing its long-running search for life in the universe and laying the groundwork for its next flagship astrophysics mission after the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (slated to launch by May 2027). This observatory would…

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  • Safe and Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE)

    Hazard Detection Lidar

    Hazard Detection Lidar (HDL) is one of a complement of sensors under development as part of the Safe & Precise Landing – Integrated Capabilities Evolution (SPLICE) Program managed out of Johnson Space Center (JSC). HDL is a hybrid scanning-imaging lidar that performs rapid 3-D landing…

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