{"id":213233,"date":"2025-05-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?p=860746"},"modified":"2025-05-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T14:00:00","slug":"nasa-stennis-releases-first-open-source-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=213233","title":{"rendered":"NASA Stennis Releases First Open-Source Software"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Editor\u2019s Note: The following is one of three related articles about the NASA Data Acquisition System and related efforts. Please visit <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/stennis-news\/\"><strong>Stennis News &#8211; NASA<\/strong><\/a><strong> <em>to access accompanying articles.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-image-carousel grid-container grid-container-block padding-top-8 padding-bottom-8 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-image-carousel\">\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-carousel-slider margin-0\" id=\"image-carousel-slider\">\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"NASA software engineer Brandon Carver is seated at a desk\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg 3610w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=300,199 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=768,511 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=1024,681 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=1536,1021 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=2048,1362 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=400,266 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=600,399 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=900,598 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=1200,798 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00243.jpg?resize=2000,1330 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">NASA software engineer Brandon Carver updates how the main data acquisition software processes information at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center, where he has contributed to the creation of the center\u2019s first-ever open-source software.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Danny Nowlin<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<div class=\"display-block width-full\">\n<figure class=\"margin-0\">\n<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper hds-image-carousel-slide margin-bottom-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-cover \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Syncom Space Services software engineer Shane Cravens stands at a workstation\" style=\"transform: scale(1.02); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg 3600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ssc-20250305-s00246.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Syncom Space Services software engineer Shane Cravens, the chief architect behind the first-ever open-source software at NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center, verifies operation of the site\u2019s data acquisition hardware.<\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA\/Danny Nowlin<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"hds-carousel-nav display-flex margin-left-auto margin-right-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-prev\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M3.5,4.5l3.7-3.6L6.3,0L1.8,4.5L6.3,9l0.9-0.9L3.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"hds-carousel-nav-arrow hds-carousel-arrow-next margin-right-0\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" width=\"9px\" height=\"9px\" viewBox=\"0 0 9 9\"><path class=\"st0\" d=\"M5.5,4.5L1.8,8.1L2.7,9l4.5-4.5L2.7,0L1.8,0.9L5.5,4.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>NASA\u2019s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has released its first-ever open-source software, a peer review tool to facilitate more efficient and collaborative creation of systems applications, such as those used in its frontline government and commercial propulsion test work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone knows NASA Stennis as the nation\u2019s premier rocket propulsion test site,\u201d said David Carver, acting chief of the Office of Test Data and Information Management. \u201cWe also are engaged in a range of key technology efforts. This latest open-source tool is an exciting example of that work, and one we anticipate will have a positive and widespread impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new NASA Data Acquisition System Peer Review Tool was developed over several years, built on lessons learned as site developers and engineers created software tools for use across the center\u2019s sprawling test complex. It is designed to simplify and amplify the collaborative review process, allowing developers to build better and more effective software applications.<\/p>\n<p>The new NASA Stennis Peer Review tool was developed using the same software processes that built NDAS. As center engineers and developers created software to monitor and analyze data from rocket propulsion tests, they collaborated with peers to optimize system efficiency. What began as an internal review process ultimately evolved into the open-source code now available to the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe refined it (the peer review tool) over a period of time, and it has improved our process significantly,\u201d said Brandon Carver (no relation), a NASA Stennis software engineer. &#8220;In early efforts, we were doing reviews manually, now our tool handles some of these steps for us. It has allowed us to focus more on reviewing key items in our software.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Developers can improve time, efficiency, and address issues earlier when conducting software code reviews. The result is a better, more productive product.<\/p>\n<p>The NASA Stennis tool is part of the larger NASA Data Acquisition System created at the center to help monitor and collect propulsion test data. It is designed to work with National Instruments LabVIEW, which is widely used by systems engineers and scientists to design applications. LabVIEW is unique in using graphics (visible icon objects) instead of a text-based programming language to create applications. The graphical approach makes it more challenging to compare codes in a review process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot compare your code in the same way you do with a text-based language,\u201d Brandon Carver said. \u201cOur tool offers a process that allows developers to review these LabVIEW-developed programs and to focus more time on reviewing actual code updates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LabVIEW features a comparison tool, but NASA Stennis engineers identified ways they could improve the process, including by automating certain steps. The NASA Stennis tool makes it easier to post comments, pictures, and other elements in an online peer review to make discussions more effective. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The result is what NASA Stennis developers hope is a more streamlined, efficient process. \u201cIt really optimizes your time and provides everything you need to focus on right in front of you,\u201d Brandon Carver said. \u201cThat\u2019s why we wanted to open source this because when we were building the tool, we did not see anything like it, or we did not see anything that had features that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy providing it to the open-source community, they can take our tool, find better ways of handling things, and refine it,\u201d Brandon Carver said. \u201cWe want to allow those groups to modify it and become a community around the tool, so it is continuously improved. Ultimately, a peer review is to make stronger software or a stronger product and that is also true for this peer review tool.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a good feeling to be part of the process and to see something created at the center now out in the larger world across the agency,\u201d Brandon Carver said. \u201cIt is pretty exciting to be able to say that you can go get this software we have written and used,\u201d he acknowledged. \u201cNASA engineers have done this. I hope we continue to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To access the peer review tool developed at NASA Stennis, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/nasa\/NDAS\" rel=\"noopener\">NASA GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full nasa-button-link padding-y-1 padding-x-0 hds-module hds-module-full alignfull wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-link\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/stennis\/stennis-news\/\"  class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-true\" aria-label=\"Read more about Read More\"><br \/>\n\t\t<span class=\"line-height-alt-1\">Read More<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><br \/>\n\t<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full 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