When we talk about national space infrastructure, we talk about rockets, launch pads and ground stations. We invest billions in the vehicles that carry astronauts to the moon and the telescopes that peer to the edge of the universe. But we rarely talk about the software that makes all of it work.
NASA's Core Flight System (cFS) is an open-source flight software framework that quietly powers some of the most ambitious space missions ever attempted. Gateway. Orion.
Last month, more than 360 aerospace professionals came to Tysons Corner, Virginia, for the annual cFS Symposium. A historic winter storm closed roads, grounded flights and shuttered federal offices across the Washington region. They came anyway.
