Copernicus Trajectory Design and Optimization System

Copernicus, a generalized spacecraft trajectory design and optimization system, is capable of solving a wide range of trajectory problems such…

NASA Pilots Get Dunked

What’s it like to escape from an aircraft underwater? NASA research pilots Wayne Ringelberg, and Scott Howe recently found out…

NASA Research Gathers Key Radar Data for Autonomous Air Cargo Delivery

When autonomous air taxis and cargo delivery vehicles fly above neighborhoods, safe operations will depend on their ability to detect…

NASA Goes Live with Surrogate eVTOL Flight Tests in Texas

On a rainy October day, a Bell Textron 407GXi helicopter lifted off from the Hillwood Alliance Texas Flight Test Center…

NASA Sets Table for Safe Air Taxi Flights

Editor’s Note: Edited to reflect published technical paper link. Tabletop exercises allow researchers to explore options and test scenarios in…

NASA Developing AI to Steer Using Landmarks – On the Moon

A NASA engineer is teaching a machine to use features on the Moon’s horizon to navigate across the lunar surface.

2022 in Review: Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley

With 2023 on the horizon, join us as we look back at the highlights of 2022 at NASA’s Ames Research…

5 Ways Supercomputing is Key to NASA Mission Success

Whether developing new technologies for landing on other planets, improving air travel here at home, or more realistically simulating global…

Secrets of Sunspots and Solar Magnetic Fields Investigated in NASA Supercomputing Simulations

The Sun is much more than just a source of light for Earth – it’s a dynamic and complex star,…