Press Room

NASA's latest science, engineering, and technology demonstrations at SC13 in Denver are fuel for great news items, blog posts, and feature articles.

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Media Backgrounders

Our short media backgrounders on featured NASA demonstrations provide an introduction, quick facts, and pull quotes to use as a starting point for your own stories.

Stars & Planets – Kepler Lives On: It's All in the Data
Now that the Kepler spacecraft no longer has the pointing precision needed to search for Earth-like planets, the mission continues on NASA's Pleiades supercomputer through a major effort to analyze the enormous amount of data collected. Get the story...

Space Exploration – Streamlining the Design of Launch Systems
From the intense blast of rocket engines on the launch pad to acceleration and precise booster separation, high-fidelity aerodynamic simulations are critical to the design of NASA's next-generation space launch vehicles and structures. Get the story...

Astrophysics – Supercomputing the Universe
Scientists are using NASA supercomputers to produce state-of-the art 3D simulations that can follow the formation and evolution of thousands of galaxies simultaneously, to gain deeper insight into the mechanisms of galaxy formation. Get the story...

Aeronautics – An Approach That's Easy on the Ears
To alleviate the growing problem of aircraft noise, NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation (ERA) project is performing large-scale aerodynamic simulations to develop and evaluate novel noise-reduction concepts. Get the story...