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Divisions
The Exploration Technology Directorate, located at the Ames Research Center in the heart of California's Silicon Valley, is leading NASA's efforts to provide advanced, state-of-the-art technology for current and future NASA missions. The Directorate is comprised of four separate and distinct research divisions:
The Intelligent Systems Division (Code TI)
Mission:
Develop, mature, and demonstrate technologies to enable new mission concepts, increase science return, and increase mission assurance while reducing mission development costs.
Technical Areas:
Autonomous Systems & Robotics
Collaborative & Assistant Systems
Discovery & System Health
Robust Software Engineering
Human Systems Integration Division (Code TH)
Mission:
Study the perceptual and cognitive aspects of human performance, and pioneer the research and development of human-automation integration in support of NASA missions.
Technical Areas:
Human Automation Integration Research
Human Information Processing Research
System Safety Research
Space Technology Division (Code TS)
Mission:
Provide re-entry system technologies including materials development, aerothermal simulation & modeling, and plasma flow arc jet test facilities in support of NASA missions and other critical national needs.
Technical Areas:
Advanced Sensors, Materials, & Electronics
Reacting Flow Environments
Thermo-Physics Facilities
Thermal Protection Materials & Systems
NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division (Code TN)
Mission:
Provide high-end computing platforms, application development, simulation environments, and modeling expertise in support of NAS missions and other critical national needs.
Technical Areas:
Advanced Architectures and Networks
Computational Technologies
NASA Mission Applications
Supercomputing Operations
