Ames Research Center

Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Advanced Air Vehicles Program
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Flight Innovation
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology
A new custom virtual reality flight simulator built by NASA researchers will allow them to explore how passengers experience air taxi rides and collect data that will help designers create new aircraft with passenger comfort in mind.
Posted June 27, 2024
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Ames Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Langley Research Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Landing rovers and helicopters on Mars is a challenge. It’s an even bigger challenge when you don’t have enough information about how the parachutes are enduring strain during the descent to the surface.
Posted June 27, 2024
Ames Research Center
The San Francisco Bay Area has a new and interactive way to learn more about the innovative work of NASA’s Ames Research Center.  A newly redesigned NASA Ames Visitor Center at Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California, reopened to the public June 22 at the NASA Fest at Chabot celebration.   The two-day […]
Posted June 27, 2024
Small Satellite Missions
Ames Research Center
CubeSat Launch Initiative
CubeSats
Johnson Space Center
Launch Services Program
NASA is readying for the launch of several small satellites to space, built with the help of students, educators, and researchers from across the country, as part of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.
Posted June 21, 2024
Ames Research Center
Astronauts
Diversity at NASA
Humans in Space
Native American Heritage Month
Nicole Aunapu Mann
People of NASA
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann waves as she is introduced before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the San Francisco Giants versus Los Angeles Angels game at Oracle Park in San Francisco on June 14, 2024. Mann was honored for her accomplishments at the Giants’ Native American Heritage Night. She is the first Indigenous woman […]
Posted June 18, 2024
Ames Research Center
Earth
Extreme Weather Events
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space Center
Langley Research Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Natural Disasters
In early May, widespread flooding and landslides occurred in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, leaving thousands of people without food, water, or electricity. In the following days, NASA teams provided data and imagery to help on-the-ground responders understand the disaster’s impacts and deploy aid.
Posted June 13, 2024
Ames Research Center
LGBTQ Pride
The Intersex Progress Pride flag (beneath the American flag) flies in front of the Administration Building at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley on June 5, 2024, to commemorate LGBTQI+ Pride Month. This is the first time the flag has flown at any NASA center. We celebrate and honor the LGBTQI+ members of […]
Posted June 11, 2024
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
Commercial Space
Humans in Space
NASA’s Open Science Data Repository provides valuable information to researchers studying the impact of space on the human body.
Posted June 11, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Astrogram
Swarming for Success: Starling Completes Primary Mission by Tara Friesen After ten months in orbit, the Starling spacecraft swarm successfully demonstrated its primary mission’s key objectives, representing significant achievements in the capability of swarm configurations.  Swarms of satellites may one day be used in deep space exploration.
Posted June 8, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
CubeSats
Game Changing Development Program
General
Small Satellite Missions
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Tech Demo Missions
After ten months in orbit, the Starling spacecraft swarm successfully demonstrated its primary mission’s key objectives, representing significant achievements in the capability of swarm configurations.  Swarms of satellites may one day be used in deep space exploration.
Posted May 29, 2024
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