Accelerating Space Exploration with the HPE Spaceborne Computer
On January 30th, 2024, the third iteration of HPE Spaceborne Computer climbs to the International Space Station aboard Northrup Grumman’s 20th resupply mission, the SS Patricia Robinson. Named in honor and celebration of the life of the NASA astronaut, the mission objective is to build on previous award-winning deployments and provide the international scientific community access to an expanded scope of space-based edge computing, AI, and machine learning capabilities.
Spaceborne’s journey
HPE and NASA collaborated to test if affordable, off the shelf servers could withstand the harsh conditions of space and provide reliable computing aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Highlights of this collaborative journey include:
2024
The launch of our third mission to the International Space Station on January 30th.
2023
HPE Spaceborne awarded the NASA Team flight award for AI-based EVA Glove analysis, the JPL Group Achievement Award, and a US Patent.
2022
24 research experiments completed on station accelerating time-to-insight from months to minutes with use cases including healthcare, image processing, natural disaster recovery, 3D printing, and 5G.
2021
Spaceborne Computer-2 Launched Into Space
2020
Next Version of HPE Spaceborne Computer Handed Over to NASA
2019
HPE Spaceborne Computer Returns to Earth
2018
HPE Spaceborne Computer Open for Supercomputing Use on the ISS
2017
HPE Spaceborne Computer Successfully Reaches and Powers Up in Space
Solution components
The HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 will simulate computational loads during actual space travel via data intensive applications.
The following components serve as the foundation to simulate these loads.
HPE Edgeline Converged System
Delivering enterprise IT capabilities in a ruggedized system designed for the harsh operating environments found at the edge.
HPE ProLiant System
Delivering unmatched workload optimization, security, and automation.
HPE HPC Solutions
Continuously collaborating, building, validating, and delivering secure, innovative, production-level HPC solutions with leading-edge technologies and services.
HPE Serviceguard for Linux
Increasing uptime within a data center by protecting against faults and enabling downtime-free maintenance and upgrades.
Use the International Space Station as your own research lab!
HPE and the ISS National Lab invite proposals to perform experiments on the ISS utilizing the HPE Spaceborne Computer-2 (SBC-2).
Submit your proposal
Past experiments
For 20 years, students have designed, built, launched, and operated their own experiments on the ISS doing such things as controlling robots, analyzing space imagery, communicating via radio from the ground to space and back, and conducting cutting-edge genetic research. Have an experiment you’d like to perform on the ISS? Perhaps your experiment will be next!
Take a closer look
Read the latest press releases
11/12/2020
20 Years of Student Experiments Using the International Space Station
9/28/2020
Hewlett Packard Enterprise teams up with NASA to develop Spaceborne supercomputer
6/1/2020
Is open sourcing the next frontier in space exploration?
8/25/2019
HPE builds supercomputer for NASA, aimed at future moon missions
6/10/2019
The Spaceborne Computer Returns to Earth, and HPE Eyes an AI-Protected Spaceborne 2