Ames Research Center

2024 Solar Eclipse
Ames Research Center
Eclipses
Goddard Space Flight Center
Heliophysics
Modeling
Science & Research
Skywatching
Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)
Solar Eclipses
Before a total solar eclipse crossed North America on April 8, 2024, scientists at Predictive Science Inc. of San Diego aimed to foresee what the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, would look like during totality. The predictions help researchers understand the accuracy of their models of the Sun’s corona, which extends along its magnetic field.
Posted May 2, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Cell and Molecular Biology
Developmental, Reproductive and Evolutionary Biology
Science & Research
Cells are the fundamental units of life, forming the variety of all living things on Earth as individual cells and multi-cellular organisms.
Posted May 2, 2024
Space Technology Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts program (NIAC) has selected six visionary concept studies for additional funding and development.
Posted May 2, 2024
Ames Research Center
Astrogram
Advanced Composite Solar Sail System Successfully Launches On April 23, the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System CubeSat mission launched successfully aboard an Electron rocket launched by Rocket Lab and carried Ames’ payload from Māhia, New Zealand. The CubeSat was subsequently delivered to a Sun-synchronous orbit around Earth.
Posted May 1, 2024
Ames Research Center
CubeSats
General
Small Satellite Missions
Space Technology Mission Directorate
A new NASA mission is testing a new way to navigate our solar system by hoisting its sail into space – not to catch the wind, but the propulsive power of sunlight. NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System is led by the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley.
Posted April 23, 2024
Ames Research Center
Climate Change
Climate Science
Earth
Earth Science
High-Tech Computing
Oceanography
Science & Research
Science Mission Directorate
Technology
“Every time I help with visualizing [ocean] simulation data, I learn about an entirely new area of ocean or climate research, and I’m reminded of how vast and rich this area of research is. And…the real magic happens at the intersection and interaction of simulated and observed data. It is a great honor – and […]
Posted April 22, 2024
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
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