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Spinoff story
Old Software Enables New Missions
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Trajectory design and visualization software NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center funded in the late 1980s has evolved into Astrogator, part of the Systems Tool Kit from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania-based Ansys. The software has been used in numerous NASA and commercial missions.