NASA’s current class of astronaut candidates toured the agency’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, including a stop at the Arc Jet Complex, on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. In the arc jet facilities, Ames researchers test advanced materials that protect spacecraft from the extremely high temperatures of entering an atmosphere – whether Earth’s, Mars’, […]
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Ames Research Center, Artemis, Astronauts, Candidate Astronauts, Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
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November 9, 2023
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