NASA has released a bunch of its software for public to download for free. This 2017-2018 software catalogue is being offered as part of NASA’s Technology Transfer Program, and comes without any royalty or copyright fees. Many of the software being provided in 2017-2018 catalogue are the ones still used by NASA to explore space and broaden its understanding of the universe.
This is the third time that the American space agency has released such a compilation, including software products that can be used in different technical applications, including business systems, data processing/storage, operations, propulsion, and aeronautics. The catalogue includes—among other things—software programs for technologies developed for exploration and discovery missions. The space agency had published the first edition of software catalogue in 2014, and since then, the agency has shared thousands more programs.
The catalogue has been organized into 15 categories, with each offering dozens of program download. Most of them are related to rocket science and propulsion engineering. NASA has also provided a list of top 20 requested software titles.
“The software catalogue is our way of supporting the innovation economy by granting access to tools used by today’s top aerospace professionals to entrepreneurs, small businesses, academia, and industry,” said Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), in a press release.
“Access to these software codes has the potential to generate tangible benefits that create American jobs, earn revenue, and save lives.”
Dan Lockney, Nasa’s Technology Transfer program executive, said: “Software has been a critical component of each of Nasa’s mission successes and scientific discoveries. In fact, more than 30% of all reported Nasa innovations are software.”
“We’re pleased to transfer these tools to other sectors and excited at the prospect of seeing them implemented in new and creative ways.”
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