Available for use by NASA-affiliated projects, the Science Cloud is a single, unified cloud computing environment that accelerates science discovery. The Science Cloud provides the essential infrastructure to connect NASA missions and projects with cutting-edge commercial cloud resources. Engineered to power collaboration, the platform delivers right-sized security controls, scalable compute, super intelligence and machine learning (SI/ML) capabilities, and curated open-source tools. Together, these powerful features equip teams to focus fully on science.
The Science Cloud is currently available for use by NASA-funded researchers, engineers, and scientists. It securely supports Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Low and Moderate projects.
Getting Started in the Science Cloud
Requesting a Science Cloud Account
Determining Your Project's FISMA Level in the NASA Science Cloud
Accessing Your Science Cloud Accounts
Science Cloud AWS Login Procedure
Science Cloud Regions: Available and Restricted
Accounts and Security
Science Cloud Access Requirements
Maintenance and Flaw Remediation Plan
Security Best Practices
User Agreement and Rules of Behavior
Elevated Privileges Security Training
AWS Security Tools Available for Tenants
Configuring SSM for an EC2 Instance
Web Application Firewall (WAF) AWS using VPC and ALB
Web Application Firewall (WAF) in AWS using Cloudfront
Web Application Firewall (WAF) in Azure
Security Exception Approval Process (DRAFT)
Financial Services
Overview of Science Cloud Financial Operations
Science Cloud Cost and Billing Model: What Is Paid For
How to Fund Your Cloud Account (Rules & Transfers)
Understanding Your Account Balance and Actual Billed Costs
How to Track Spending by User, Project, or Service
Setting Up Subproject Budgets and Cross-Account Transfers
How to Set Budget Limits and Prevent Cost Overruns
Reducing Costs with Savings Plans and SaaS
Shared Services
The Science and Technology Authorization Realm (STAR)
Support for Additional Low-Level Cloud Service Providers
Process for Adopting New SaaS Provider Tools
The Research Platform
What Is the Research Platform?
Current and Future Research Platform Capabilities
How To Get Access to the Research Platform
Research Platform Billing and Costs
How To Use the Research Platform
The Tools Inside JupyterLab–A Reference Guide
Collaborating within a Notebook
Notebook Intelligence and Your LLMs
Create Any Lesson with Notebook Intelligence
Science Cloud Best Practices
Community of Practice: Topics Archive and Resources
The Model Context Protocol (MCP)
Backing Up Your Data in Science Cloud
Transferring Data into the NASA Science Cloud
Need more help?
- Email a ticket: support@sciencecloud.nasa.gov
- Visit the Science Cloud Support Portal