Ames Research Center

Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Langley Research Center
NASA is collaborating with the wildfire community to provide tools for some of the most challenging aspects of firefighting – particularly aerial nighttime operations.   In the future, agencies could more efficiently use drones, both remotely piloted and fully autonomous, to help fight wildfires.
Posted January 31, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Air Mobility Pathfinders project
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Ames Research Center
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
As air taxis, drones, and other innovative aircraft enter U.S. airspace, systems that communicate an aircraft’s location will be critical to ensure air traffic safety.
Posted January 23, 2025
Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research
Ames Research Center
Astrobiology
Astrophysics
Exoplanets
Glenn Research Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Materials Science
Science & Research
Technology
President Biden has named 19 researchers who contribute to NASA’s mission as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).
Posted January 17, 2025
Armstrong Flight Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Ames Research Center
Drones & You
Flight Innovation
Glenn Research Center
Langley Research Center
SBIR STTR
A small business called Near Earth Autonomy developed a time-saving solution using drones for pre-flight checks of commercial airliners through a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and a partnership with The Boeing Company.
Posted January 13, 2025
NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program
Ames Research Center
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Space Technology Mission Directorate
NASA selected 15 visionary ideas for its NIAC (NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts) program which develops concepts to transform future missions for the benefit of all. Chosen from companies and institutions across the United States, the 2025 Phase I awardees represent a wide range of aerospace concepts.
Posted January 10, 2025
Ames Research Center
Advanced Air Mobility
Aeronautics
Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
Air Traffic Management - Exploration
Airspace Operations and Safety Program
Drones & You
NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an important aviation question: What will it take to integrate remotely piloted or autonomous planes carrying large packages and cargo safely into the U.S. airspace?
Posted January 7, 2025
Ames Research Center
General
When Madhavi Latha Balijepalle noticed that her morning commute took her past NASA Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, she set a new career goal for herself: working for NASA.  “I started manifesting it, thinking about it every day as I drove by. When I started looking for a new job, I saw an […]
Posted December 23, 2024
General
Ames Research Center
Astrogram
2024 Year in Review – Highlights from NASA in Silicon Valley by Tiffany Blake As NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley enters its 85th year since its founding, join us as we take a look back at some of our highlights of science, engineering, research, and innovation from 2024. Ames Arc Jets Play Key […]
Posted December 21, 2024
Ames Research Center
General
NASA Centers & Facilities
NASA History
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA)
Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley pre-dates a lot of things. The center existed before NASA – the very space and aeronautics agency it’s a critical part of today. And of all the marvelous advancements in science and technology that have fundamentally changed our lives over the last 85 years since its founding, one aspect […]
Posted December 20, 2024
Asteroids
Ames Research Center
Ames Research Center's Science Directorate
General
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
Missions
NASA Centers & Facilities
The Solar System
NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope includes asteroids on its list of objects studied and secrets revealed.  A team led by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge repurposed Webb’s observations of a distant star to reveal a population of small asteroids — smaller than astronomers had ever detected orbiting
Posted December 20, 2024
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