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Hi, I'm Alex Matras, a software developer at Marshall Space Flight Center

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in Huntsville Alabama.

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This is Rocket Science in 60 seconds.

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The avionics are the brains behind
the Space Launch System rocket.

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They are the computers and
electrical systems that

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fly, track, guide, and steer the vehicle
throughout it's launch and flight.

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The avionics make the rocket fly by guiding
and directing all of it's thrust power.

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The rocket launches with more than 8 million

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pounds of of thrust power
from it's engines and boosters

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--- and with the help of it's brains.

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We present the flight computers
with 1000's of scenarios

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that detect all different types of calls

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and still make sure the vehicle flies safely.

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We can't run that many test on actual hardware

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so these scenarios are very valuable.

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Using the software I help write,

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I get to watch the SLS rocket launch nearly every day.