NASA’s Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is building an open science infrastructure to enable collaborative and interdisciplinary scientific research. Improve discovery and access for all SMD data is a core part of this infrastructure, providing immediate benefits to science data users and improving the overall user experience.
The Science Discovery Engine (SDE) is an integrated SMD search capability that enables discovery of open data and information across SMD’s five divisions: Astrophysics, Biological and Physical Sciences, Earth Science, Heliophysics, and Planetary Science. Search results may include links to datasets, documentation, code, models, images, videos, software, or data analysis tools. The results can be filtered by associated missions, instruments, or branches of science.
The SDE makes NASA’s open science data, software, and resources more discoverable and accessible to a wider audience. This openness fosters collaboration within and across disciplines, promotes interdisciplinary science, and encourages innovation.
The Science Discovery Engine team welcomes feedback on both SDE content and search engine functionality. Do you have recommendations for other NASA content that should be included in the SDE? Are there additional features you would like to see in the search engine? If so, please contact us.