NASA@SC20 Digital Swag
We're bringing NASA science and engineering powered by the agency's high-performance computers to you! Join your online meetings from our supercomputer rooms, outside the International Space Station, or on the surface of Mars with a virtual background. Or get more NASA in your daily routine with high-resolution mobile wallpapers, desktop wallpapers, and ringtones showcasing some of our amazing supercomputer-powered research. There's even some swag for kids.
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The 128-screen hyperwall scientific visualization system at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at Ames Research Center. Credit: NASA
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NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy on a spacewalk, July 21, 2020.
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Two rows of Discover supercomputer racks at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS) at Goddard Space Flight Center. Credit: NASA
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Composite image of the Martian surface overlaid with an artist's concept of a Mars Exploration Rover. Credit: NASA/JPL/Cornell University/Maas Digital
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The tape mass storage system at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at Ames Research Center. Credit: NASA
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Multiple rows of Pleiades supercomputer racks at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at Ames Research Center. Credit: NASA
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NASA astronaut Scott Tingle on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station, January 23, 2018. Credit: NASA
DownloadMars Ringtones
World Premiere:
Music from Mars
Created exclusively for the virtual NASA@SC20 research exhibit, in collaboration with a team of scientists and musicologists, we present some ethereal ringtones to celebrate scientific results from NASA’s Mars Insight mission, enabled by NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer.
Researchers Domenico Vicinanza at Anglia Ruskin University and GEANT, Cambridge, UK, and Genevieve Williams at the University of Exeter, UK, teamed up with professional flutist Alyssa Schwartz at Fairmont State University, West Virginia, to create the ringtones. For the alert tone, the researchers converted the number of available CPUs on Pleiades (224,508 at the time of writing) to a sequence of music intervals (2nd, 2nd, 4th, 5th, unison, octave) to create a melody fragment short enough for an alert. The melody is played on the flute and harp.
The ringtones are based on Mars weather forecasts from detailed computer simulations. The research team used an imaging tracking system, based on work by NASA scientist Melinda Kahre to study the movement of cloud formation on Mars and filtering based on nonlinear dynamics to extract regularities and patterns. Mapping those patterns to music intervals, the team created melodies arranged for flute and harp—playing the shape of Mars clouds in motion, as predicted by results run on Pleiades.
Mobile Wallpapers
3D simulation of a latanoprost molecule used to help improve machine learning models for COVID-19 drug research. Credit: Chris Henze, NASA/Ames
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GEOS ocean-air model simulation showing suspended rain, snow, and graupel in the atmosphere. Credit: William Putman, NASA/Goddard
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Simulation of diffused gas flowing outside of a galaxy. Credit: Molly Peeples, Space Telescope Science Institute/John Hopkins University
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Simulated vortex wake around NASA's advanced air mobility concept for a six-passenger quadcopter. Credit: Patricia Ventura-Diaz, NASA/Ames
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Photo of the inside of an archival tape storage system at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility. Credit: NASA
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Simulation of Orion's Ascent Abort Test 2 showing sound pressure levels. Credit: Francois Cadieux, Tim Sandstrom, NASA/Ames
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X-ray image of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster made from Chandra Observatory data. Credit: Stephen Walker, University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Simulation of NASA's Space Launch System showing pressure and aerodynamic flow during ascent. Credit: Derek Dalle, NASA/Ames
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Desktop Wallpapers
Simulation used to predict features of the solar corona prior to the 2017 Great American Eclipse. Credit: Cooper Downs, Zoran Mikić, Predictive Science Inc.
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Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) ocean-air model simulation showing suspended rain, snow, and graupel in the atmosphere. Credit: William Putman, NASA/Goddard
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Flow simulation of NASA's side-by-side rotor air taxi concept in forward flight. Credit: Patricia Ventura-Diaz, NASA/Ames
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High-resolution image from the Spitzer Space Telescope displayed on the 128-screen hyperwall at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility. Credit: NASA
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Photo of the inside of an archival tape storage system at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility. Credit: NASA
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Simulations of Space Launch System ignition help engineers evaluate decisions for redesign of the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Green men for scale. Credit: Michael Barad, Tim Sandstrom, NASA/Ames
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X-ray image of hot gas in the Perseus galaxy cluster made from Chandra Observatory data. Credit: Stephen Walker, University of Alabama in Huntsville
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Simulated flow field of the transonic truss-braced wing aircraft concept at cruise conditions. Credit: Daniel Maldonado, Jared Duensing, NASA/Ames
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Swag for Kids
NASA@SC20
for Kids
Coloring, word find, and other activities with a NASA supercomputing theme.
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SLS Bookmark
NASAs Space Launch System (SLS), the largest rocket ever built, will take astronauts and science experiments farther into space than ever before! You can build your own SLS rocket: just download and print this file, then cut out the images. Glue them together and let it dry—and you’ve got a bookmark ready for your favorite book.
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NASA Kids' Club
Find lots more fun and educational activities at the NASA Kids' Club.
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