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Welcome

From the HPCC Program Manager.

Interactive software helps students

Young people learn through experiment and experience. NASA's FoilSim and EngineSim interactive simulations help students discover the world of flight and understand concepts in aerodynamics.

The perfect storm

Using computational systems that push the boundaries of state-of-the-art techniques, a University of Michigan team hopes to chart space weather from the sun all the way to the Earth.

Reusable launch vehicles

Designing and building space vehicles has been an expensive proposition so far. However, recent advances in material, propulsion and computing technologies will usher in a new space age.

Ultra-fast gigabit networking technology

NASA is interested in an emerging high-speed networking technology that will revolutionize data transmission. Users will work with each other at remote locations as if they were next door.

Upcoming HPCC Events

On the cover: Lindsay, a student at Marina Village Middle School in El Dorado Hills, Calif., learns about aerodynamics using NASA Learning Technologies' FoilSim simulation software.
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