NASA, Industry Advance High Performance Spaceflight Computing
8 May 2026, 17:05 GMT
By Loura Hall
Topic: Space Technology Mission Directorate
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/nasa-industry-advance-high-performance-spaceflight-computing/
For decades, NASA has advanced on-board spacecraft computer processors that coordinate and execute the functions needed to support mission success. Space computing originated in the 1960s with the Apollo Guidance Computers, which were pivotal for guidance, navigation, and control computations during NASA’s first Moon missions. For decades, radiation-hardened processors have been the backbone of the