Ames Research Center

Aeronautics
Ames Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Wildfires
NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have established a research transition team to guide the development of wildland fire technology.  Wildland fires are occurring more frequently and at a larger scale than in past decades, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Posted April 19, 2024
Ames Research Center
General
Langley Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A NASA mission testing a new way of navigating our solar system is ready to hoist its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. The Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is targeting launch on Tuesday, April 23 (Wednesday, April 24 in New Zealand) aboard a Rocket Lab Electron […]
Posted April 17, 2024
Ames Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Heliophysics Division
IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph)
MUSE (Multi-slit Solar Explorer)
Sounding Rockets
Sounding Rockets Program
Sunspots
The Sun
Did you know the Sun has moss? Due to its resemblance to the earthly plants, scientists have named a small-scale, bright, patchy structure made of plasma in the solar atmosphere “moss.” This moss, which was first identified in 1999 by NASA’s TRACE mission, blossoms around the center of a sunspot group, where magnetic conditions are […]
Posted April 16, 2024
Earth
Ames Research Center
Benefits Back on Earth
Climate Change
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
Water on Earth
The research teams who help sustain the largest freshwater reserve in the world are developing a new tool to promote more resilient farming systems in Brazil. The goal is to help farmers better handle changes in the water cycle, deal with droughts, and adapt to a changing climate.  The Large-Scale Hydrology Research Group hosted at […]
Posted April 16, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Langley Research Center
Small Spacecraft Technology Program
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Sailing through space might sound like something out of science fiction, but the concept is no longer limited to books or the big screen. In April, a next-generation solar sail technology – known as the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System – will launch aboard Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket from the company’s Launch Complex 1 in […]
Posted April 10, 2024
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
Several air taxi companies are using a NASA-developed computer software tool to predict aircraft noise and aerodynamic performance. This tool allows manufacturers working in fields related to NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility mission to see early in the aircraft development process how design elements like propellors or wings would perform.
Posted April 4, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS)
Earth's Moon
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)
NASA’s VIPER – short for the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover – now stands taller and more capable than ever. And that’s thanks to its mast. VIPER’s mast, and the suite of instruments affixed to it, looks a lot like the rover’s “neck” and “head.” The mast instruments are designed to help the team of rover drivers […]
Posted April 1, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Spinoffs
Technology
Technology Transfer
Technology Transfer & Spinoffs
Globally, nearly all wildfires start with a human ignition source – not lightning strikes or wildlife encountering power equipment.
Posted March 19, 2024
Ames Research Center
Artemis
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Inst.
VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)
The challenges of working on the surface of the Moon are at the center of a facility at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. The Lunar Lab and Regolith Testbeds help scientists and engineers – from NASA and industry alike – study how well science instruments, robots, and people might be able to […]
Posted March 9, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Commercial Space
Commercial Space Programs
Flight Opportunities Program
Langley Research Center
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA Directorates
Space Technology Mission Directorate
The Future of Commercial Space
Things are heating up in the atmosphere, and NASA is helping space start-ups stay cool.   NASA has decades of expertise in creating technology that protects spacecraft from the intense heat generated when entering an atmosphere. As emerging companies develop innovative ways to do business in space, they know where to turn – and the […]
Posted March 7, 2024
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