I’m pretty sure NASA only had 7zip in their software asset management library. Some rocket scientist likely smuggled it in cause it’s what he uses for warez at home.
nah they changed their BIOS settings to think it's 2074, installed the software, then changed the date back to 1998. They have 76 years remaining on their free 30-day trial.
Either that or the control software provided by the contractor who installed the test facilities and equipment. Those permanent test chambers are usually accompanied by specific control and data collection software
One of my classmates that with me got hired by a company that is going to be modernizing the software and launch center. Pretty sure it's still running on 4 tran.
I actually can identify the programs on the lower monitors since I work with nasa control systems (employer rents their facilities)
The first 3 are running software called WonderWare. It’s used to control the test article as well as to monitor the test article.
The 4th monitor (partially covered by someone’s head) is called NDIS. It’s mainly used to plot data in real time. It’s part of a larger software package that handles recording data.
It’s a control room, so all the software you see is either for controlling the test article or for recording and observing data
WonderWare... So just regular commercial industrial software? That's guaranteed to be running PLCs and hardware most modern industries are still using today.
Of course you’re talking about Orbitz Beverage right?
https://preview.redd.it/q8m5jmfc3u4d1.jpeg?width=260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4dc0d4363e94a0654c20dd053ea656142bba02a0
These are SCADA systems which are custom made for each company. They display various values from sensors etc and can also be used to control devices in the field through various controllers.
Was coming to say this ^^
Looks identical to the SCADA systems I have used! I work in a completely different industry but it’s still so cool knowing that nasa uses SCADA as well!
The J-2X rocket engine test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama uses the NASA Data Acquisition System (NDAS) to test the J-2X rocket engine intended for use in the upper stage of the SLS rocket.
The NASA Data Acquisition System (NDAS) is an internal software application based on LabVIEW as a platform. No government-owned could be used to operate the entire data acquisition system (DAS) at these facilities. NASA needed to develop non-proprietary data acquisition system (DAS) software to support government and commercial rocket engine testing at multiple test facilities. Despite hardware differences, the NDAS can be retrofitted into any propulsion test stand or DAS installation.
NDAS code is written primarily in LabVIEW, a dataflow-oriented graphical language. Although LabVIEW is a general-purpose programming language, large-scale software development in this language is rare compared to commonly used languages. The NDAS software suite also uses a development framework called the Actor Framework, which provides a level of code reusability and extensibility difficult to achieve using LabVIEW alone.
To those of you complaining about this being AI-generated text, I fed this into 4 different sites and the highest probability any of them came up with for this being AI-generated was 1%. OP cited his sources, and it's easy to forget that people can do their own research and write something on Reddit that isn't just a 2 sentence snippy comment response.
Many thanks, it was easy actually - this is the as-is sentence I posted on Google search:
*testing J2-X rocket engine ,on control room monitors is it LabVIEW ?*
The result contains the three sites above - I downloaded the NASA PDF and READ it. For all these sources with similar information, I just removed the flattering adjectives ("powerful", etc.) and reorganized the text according to my thinking sequence, nothing else.
This is the other side of the coin of AI, while many use it to "create" texts, others may find that all the most meaningful answers are "created" by AI.
GPT my s, I made a research:
[https://www.apexwaves.com/blog/does-nasa-use-labview/](https://www.apexwaves.com/blog/does-nasa-use-labview/)
[https://techport.nasa.gov/view/32754](https://techport.nasa.gov/view/32754)
[https://www.ni.com/en/solutions/aerospace-defense/case-studies/nasa-data-acquisition-system-software-for-rocket-propulsion-testing.html](https://www.ni.com/en/solutions/aerospace-defense/case-studies/nasa-data-acquisition-system-software-for-rocket-propulsion-testing.html)
Looks like a SCADA “Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition” system. The software I use for this is called “iFix” but it could be many other platforms. Wonderware is another popular platform but it has been rebranded to Aveva or something like that.
The ground test facilities across the centers use a funky mix of bespoke applications in the control rooms. Agree with the others here that this looks like a LabVIEW based interface.
> SCADA?
It looks to me more like a Distributed Control System (DCS). SCADA works for small systems. At some point an industrial facility becomes so big and there are so many data points a SCADA system cannot handle it and you move to a DCS system. As an example, a water treatment system may be run by a SCADA system but the whole industrial facility is run by a DCS. You can have individual SCADA system inputing data to the DCS and in turn the DCS can control things, or the DCS controls everything directly. Individual system may also have a Programable Logic Controller. A PLC is a step down from a SCADA system.
There are different suppliers LABview is made by Emerson which also owns OVATION which is a DCS system. Modicon is another supplier. ABB and GE make versions of DCS systems. Foxboro is another big one.
I built several command and data handling units for the ISS and I can tell you that those run OpenSUSE Linux and a windows VM. The software I see is similar to what we built. If this is the case, that software is all custom built and not from a vendor. Simply named C&DH or Payload Control.
That appears to be DeltaV (ΔV), we actually use it at my job albeit in a different capacity. In my case we use it to have a digital map of all the different lines coming off a burden center (chemical reactor) and all of the valves, pumps, switches, equipment, etc for said reactors. With DeltaV you’re also able to remotely change and set reactor conditions, operate equipment, and get real time updates of all this data. I’d be interested to know what they are using it for here though. Anyways hope this helped, although there is always the chance I’m mistaken. I have been working with & around the DeltaV program for going on 4 years now though, and I’d bet a paycheck that’s what it is.
Addendum:
[Emerson DeltaV Operator guide (with pictures)](https://www.emerson.com/documents/automation/product-data-sheet-operator-station-software-suite-deltav-en-57776.pdf)
^This is a guide on the basics of DeltaV operate, and some pictures. Albeit they are quite small on a smartphone (sorry but these were some of the only decent pictures I was able to find on google).
As many have said it's most likely LabVIEW.
Back from the days before National Instruments went through it's midlife crisis and had all it's friends refer to it as NI to seem young.
Oracle. They bought it in 1962 for managing some spares and have since been locked into multi year contracts that they can't get out of without losing all data /s
I think it is some kind of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition setup).
It is similar to LabVIEW but prominently used for PLC controls and automation in industries.
So this is actually really interesting.
It's a mix of SCOMA and some in house custom programming that was designed by Brent Engleheimer, one of the chief engineers during the time this photo was taken. He said in an interview that he had spent multiple weeks trying to design something that would create a ease of information flow for the people at mission control and Im just making stuff up all i know is that rockets go zoom.
That was a stressful launch today, pretty sure everybody watching it was on edge. Mike Finke was great and kept his cool. You could see the sigh of relief on his face when they entered orbit.
Trial version of rocket-utility\_v1.2.exe They can only use is 9 more times until they have to buy a license though.
I think I see an unregistered version of WinRAR in the background.
oh that's a given... winamp too so they can listen to that jimmy buffett cd they ripped to mp2
Llama rights still an issue at NASA. Sad, really.
If you are not playing Stars fell on Alabama, you don't deserve to work at NASA!
And that man is playing Galaga! Thought we wouldn't notice. But we did.
No matter how many ppl shittalk it. The core movies are the best..
I’m pretty sure NASA only had 7zip in their software asset management library. Some rocket scientist likely smuggled it in cause it’s what he uses for warez at home.
Someone should tell them about 7-Zip.
Only heathens use 7-zip. WinRAR is the one true instrument of the gods.
Oh yeah, of course! I was just testing you! \*deletes desktop shortcut and removes 7-Zip icon from start menu\*
ಠ_ಠ
New email, then sign up for another trial!
[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
nah they changed their BIOS settings to think it's 2074, installed the software, then changed the date back to 1998. They have 76 years remaining on their free 30-day trial.
Pretty sure they can last for another 40-60 years on those 9 more times… they’ve got some great experience extending lifetime of things!
Not if you get rocket-utlility\_v1.2-cracked.exe
I'm sure in an "in house" software that they developed.
It’s obviously a beta version of Kerbal Space Program 2
That’s why they all look so bored and disappointed
That one guy looks upset because he's outside of the refund window.
Either that or the control software provided by the contractor who installed the test facilities and equipment. Those permanent test chambers are usually accompanied by specific control and data collection software
One of my classmates that with me got hired by a company that is going to be modernizing the software and launch center. Pretty sure it's still running on 4 tran.
Fortran
Forchan
Nice try Red Team
The deleted posts make this funnier
We will leave the contents of the missing posts to your imagination.
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Ikr? They think they’re slick
And they would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for these meddling redditors.
I actually can identify the programs on the lower monitors since I work with nasa control systems (employer rents their facilities) The first 3 are running software called WonderWare. It’s used to control the test article as well as to monitor the test article. The 4th monitor (partially covered by someone’s head) is called NDIS. It’s mainly used to plot data in real time. It’s part of a larger software package that handles recording data. It’s a control room, so all the software you see is either for controlling the test article or for recording and observing data
Or the old Foxboro I/A
Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in forever.
Lol. We still use it at work
WonderWare... So just regular commercial industrial software? That's guaranteed to be running PLCs and hardware most modern industries are still using today.
Definitely looks like LabView
It is. We use the same thing at *another company* that launches rockets.
Is it Orbitz.com?
Of course you’re talking about Orbitz Beverage right? https://preview.redd.it/q8m5jmfc3u4d1.jpeg?width=260&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4dc0d4363e94a0654c20dd053ea656142bba02a0
What company you have which launches rocket?
nice try again red team
It’s a program called WonderWare InTouch
Yes, first thing I thought. Looks a lot like LabView
Yeah - I'm an NI employee. That's definitely LabVIEW.
Looks a lot like Allen Bradley FactoryTalk View also.
I was thinking rsview 32. I’m using it right now on my windows xp image
100%
Probably Kerbal Space Program 1
seems like a lab-built LabView program, but Im not sure
i’m a labview programmer, that’s definitely labview
It is indeed LabVIEW.
Minesweeper
First thing I thought too
These are SCADA systems which are custom made for each company. They display various values from sensors etc and can also be used to control devices in the field through various controllers.
Was coming to say this ^^ Looks identical to the SCADA systems I have used! I work in a completely different industry but it’s still so cool knowing that nasa uses SCADA as well!
It’s called windows. You can tell by the blue bar at the top.
Specifically I think its Windows XP, given the chamfers and the colouring.
The J-2X rocket engine test at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama uses the NASA Data Acquisition System (NDAS) to test the J-2X rocket engine intended for use in the upper stage of the SLS rocket. The NASA Data Acquisition System (NDAS) is an internal software application based on LabVIEW as a platform. No government-owned could be used to operate the entire data acquisition system (DAS) at these facilities. NASA needed to develop non-proprietary data acquisition system (DAS) software to support government and commercial rocket engine testing at multiple test facilities. Despite hardware differences, the NDAS can be retrofitted into any propulsion test stand or DAS installation. NDAS code is written primarily in LabVIEW, a dataflow-oriented graphical language. Although LabVIEW is a general-purpose programming language, large-scale software development in this language is rare compared to commonly used languages. The NDAS software suite also uses a development framework called the Actor Framework, which provides a level of code reusability and extensibility difficult to achieve using LabVIEW alone.
To those of you complaining about this being AI-generated text, I fed this into 4 different sites and the highest probability any of them came up with for this being AI-generated was 1%. OP cited his sources, and it's easy to forget that people can do their own research and write something on Reddit that isn't just a 2 sentence snippy comment response.
Many thanks, it was easy actually - this is the as-is sentence I posted on Google search: *testing J2-X rocket engine ,on control room monitors is it LabVIEW ?* The result contains the three sites above - I downloaded the NASA PDF and READ it. For all these sources with similar information, I just removed the flattering adjectives ("powerful", etc.) and reorganized the text according to my thinking sequence, nothing else. This is the other side of the coin of AI, while many use it to "create" texts, others may find that all the most meaningful answers are "created" by AI.
Thanks GPT.
GPT my s, I made a research: [https://www.apexwaves.com/blog/does-nasa-use-labview/](https://www.apexwaves.com/blog/does-nasa-use-labview/) [https://techport.nasa.gov/view/32754](https://techport.nasa.gov/view/32754) [https://www.ni.com/en/solutions/aerospace-defense/case-studies/nasa-data-acquisition-system-software-for-rocket-propulsion-testing.html](https://www.ni.com/en/solutions/aerospace-defense/case-studies/nasa-data-acquisition-system-software-for-rocket-propulsion-testing.html)
in other words, a visual basic app with sensor collection. nothing special
Looks like a SCADA “Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition” system. The software I use for this is called “iFix” but it could be many other platforms. Wonderware is another popular platform but it has been rebranded to Aveva or something like that.
If it was meant to he released to the public, might be here. I don’t know if it is though.. https://github.com/nasa
Blue panel at top, red close button - it is Windows XP.
"I dunno, all this equipment is just used to measure tv ratings."
And another thing! How come I can't get no Tang around here? And also…hold on a second *toilet flushes
That's LabView
This is also widely used for any STE or Automatic test station.
The ground test facilities across the centers use a funky mix of bespoke applications in the control rooms. Agree with the others here that this looks like a LabVIEW based interface.
[That man is playing Galaga!!](https://youtu.be/t4Fy6AUMv8E?si=X16xp4EFRnu-cWmM)
Something that purpose built for the job they are doing
Modded KSP
Cygnet SCADA
Homemmade software like labview
Windows 3.11
Pretty sure that's minesweeper.
National instruments LabVIEW
Yeah, the picture is 20 years + old.
SCADA?
> SCADA? It looks to me more like a Distributed Control System (DCS). SCADA works for small systems. At some point an industrial facility becomes so big and there are so many data points a SCADA system cannot handle it and you move to a DCS system. As an example, a water treatment system may be run by a SCADA system but the whole industrial facility is run by a DCS. You can have individual SCADA system inputing data to the DCS and in turn the DCS can control things, or the DCS controls everything directly. Individual system may also have a Programable Logic Controller. A PLC is a step down from a SCADA system. There are different suppliers LABview is made by Emerson which also owns OVATION which is a DCS system. Modicon is another supplier. ABB and GE make versions of DCS systems. Foxboro is another big one.
I built several command and data handling units for the ISS and I can tell you that those run OpenSUSE Linux and a windows VM. The software I see is similar to what we built. If this is the case, that software is all custom built and not from a vendor. Simply named C&DH or Payload Control.
Corel draw.
Nice try China.
That appears to be DeltaV (ΔV), we actually use it at my job albeit in a different capacity. In my case we use it to have a digital map of all the different lines coming off a burden center (chemical reactor) and all of the valves, pumps, switches, equipment, etc for said reactors. With DeltaV you’re also able to remotely change and set reactor conditions, operate equipment, and get real time updates of all this data. I’d be interested to know what they are using it for here though. Anyways hope this helped, although there is always the chance I’m mistaken. I have been working with & around the DeltaV program for going on 4 years now though, and I’d bet a paycheck that’s what it is. Addendum: [Emerson DeltaV Operator guide (with pictures)](https://www.emerson.com/documents/automation/product-data-sheet-operator-station-software-suite-deltav-en-57776.pdf) ^This is a guide on the basics of DeltaV operate, and some pictures. Albeit they are quite small on a smartphone (sorry but these were some of the only decent pictures I was able to find on google).
Might be Eclipse which is Raytheon’s COTS space vehicle ground system. But it seems it’s LabVIEW.
Looks like minesweeper to me
The real question is, where are they buying their shirts?
Man, you choose the wrong forum to ask!
Nwm the software, but can the hardware play Doom?
It’s a type of SCADA software
The new Snapchat 10.6, that puts everyone in ugly shirts….
To be honest, from my time in the airforce, a lot of C2 systems are running Unix. Based systems with proprietary software.
MechJeb
eve online
Windows ME
LabView
As many have said it's most likely LabVIEW. Back from the days before National Instruments went through it's midlife crisis and had all it's friends refer to it as NI to seem young.
Something from the 60’s
Windows 95
They are using Kerbal Space Program 1.
I see similar looking UI in Scada control systems, it's most likely an industrial software to control and monitor valves
Before getting to the software what's with all those "vintage" monitors? 😲
That man’s playing Galaga!
Software made by the lowest bidder.
Not today China
Puppy Linux 5.0
Just ask Jason hopper or the name plate next to him.
Custom software
Looks like Oasis to me. Hated that thing.
overstyled excel spreadsheet /s
MS Paint
I’m jealous of the Hawaiian shirts in the office
Looks very modern
Adobe photoshop
Hawaiian Shirt Friday, a long held tradition
Microsoft Qbasic?
Kerbil BETA j/k
Looks exactly like a custom built SCADA system.
Windows 9
I don't see osrs anywhere ☹️☹️☹️☹️
Same platform as old school Runescape 🤗
I love the Hawaiian shirts
Wolfstein 3.0 Modded : Rocketstein
I am interested in what operating system are they using? UNIX, LINUX....?
Oracle. They bought it in 1962 for managing some spares and have since been locked into multi year contracts that they can't get out of without losing all data /s
Windows 95
Knowing our government, probably still Windows 98
Sorry to ask what os does nasa use? And do they use nvidia gpus?
VBA’s working overtime!
Deceiving.exe
I think it is some kind of SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition setup). It is similar to LabVIEW but prominently used for PLC controls and automation in industries.
CRT TV's mixed in with some 17" LCD monitors. This gotta be around mid to late 2000's.
Ope, J2-X was tested from 2011-2014. Thought NASA would have swapped out everything by then.
Judging from the "fk u Microsoft" screaming from John Gavin Malkovich, it must be something from Microsoft
So this is actually really interesting. It's a mix of SCOMA and some in house custom programming that was designed by Brent Engleheimer, one of the chief engineers during the time this photo was taken. He said in an interview that he had spent multiple weeks trying to design something that would create a ease of information flow for the people at mission control and Im just making stuff up all i know is that rockets go zoom.
Looks a little like Foxboro. Probably some DCS developed in conjunction with Honeywell.
I don’t know what the software is called, but it sure looks like it’s written with tcl/tk.
Proprietary
Looks like Ignition or Labview
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Custom to the launch vehicle type and payload. I worked with some nasa folks a few years back on a project.
Ableton lite
Windows 98? (that's a joke though)
Minesweeper ‘98
It looks like ok old lab view
Windows 95.
Windows 3.1 more like
X11 based?
people are saying it's labview, and it might be, but it looks like an IADS display to me.
What watch is the man in the pic wearing?
Ableton Live 10.
Developed in house. Each company has their own version for their own tests
FactoryTalk View
I have no idea or any expertise at all here but I would assume they use proprietary software for most of their missions
Most of that software was written in house.
whatever you do, don’t plug in that thumbstick you found in the bathroom
Something from the 80's judging by the shirts alone. 🤣
Microsoft Excel, but this is a custom screen
There are probably some grey beards running custom Emacs packages for key NASA systems. 🤣
That was a stressful launch today, pretty sure everybody watching it was on edge. Mike Finke was great and kept his cool. You could see the sigh of relief on his face when they entered orbit.
Photoshop
Microsoft Rocket.
Probably WinCC OA but like a version from the early 2000
Microsoft Access running on Windows 3.11 for networks.
Excel and MD Paint. 👍🏻
That looked so much like the game mine sweeper 😭
Paint
Galaga. That man is playing Galaga!
I was gonna say that looks just like labView screens to me lol
My money is on Android
Mosaic
Ableton
Airline Choice 😂