Travelers weary of taxiway logjams, long airline delays, and unexpected flight cancellations can soon expect relief, thanks to rocket science.

A NASA pilot software program aimed at improving airline predictability and efficiencies while also reducing aircraft carbon emissions will soon be pushed out to 27 hub airports around the U.S., federal aviation officials said Tuesday.

NASA partnered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test the Integrated Arrival, Departure, and Surface (IADS) management system technologies through a demonstration project deployed at three hub airports: Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, Dallas Love Field Airport and Dallas Fort Worth International.

“It came from the strategy of figuring out for space, the trajectories to get wher you wanted out in space, to other planets,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said. “The idea behind this was simple: take that technology and apply it to an aircraft when they are pushing back from the gate, taxing to the runway, take off and reaching cruising altitude without stopping.”