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A portrait of NASA administrator Charles Bolden.

NASA Administrator Visits Ames, Meets Media

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit Ames on May 24 to view PhoneSat and 3D printing demonstrations, and to meet with local news media.

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A timeline of Kepler discoveries with artist concept images.

Kepler Mission Manager Update

At our semi-weekly contact on Tuesday, May 14, 2013, we found the Kepler spacecraft once again in safe mode.

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NASA Hosts Kepler Spacecraft Status Teleconference ...

NASA will host a news teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, today, May 15, to discuss the status of the agency's Kepler Space Telescope.

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The NLAS sequencer is located on the upper deck of the launch vehicle

NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adapter System Ready ...

Nanosatellites now have their own mass transit to catch rides to space and perform experiments in microgravity.

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NASA Develops Key to Cosmic Carbon's Evolution

Scientists now have the capability to systematically investigate the molecular evolution of cosmic carbon.

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Kepler Mission Manager Update

During a scheduled contact, engineers discovered Kepler was in a self-protective mode. The spacecraft returned to science data collection on May 6.

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Abegael Jakey, outreach coordinator for NASA's Aviation Safety Reporting System, suits up for her special recognition flight with the Navy's Blue Angels.

Aviation Safety Analyst Flies with Blue Angels

Abegael Jakey, pilot and NASA aviation safety advocate, just flew with the Blue Angels. What did you do today?

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Photo of Earth transmitted from smartphone in orbit

NASA and Ham Radio Operators Piece Together the ...

For about one week, engineers at NASA Ames and ham radio operators worldwide reconstructed an image of Earth.

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Areas of Ames Ingenuity

Entry systems: Safely delivering spacecraft to Earth & other celestial bodies
Supercomputing: Enabling NASA's advanced modeling and simulation
NextGen air transportation: Transforming the way we fly
Airborne science: Examining our own world & beyond from the sky
Low-cost missions: Enabling high value science to low Earth orbit & the moon
Biology & astrobiology: Understanding life on Earth -- and in space
Exoplanets: Finding worlds beyond our own
Autonomy & robotics: Complementing humans in space
Lunar science: Rediscovering our moon
Human factors: Advancing human-technology interaction for NASA missions
Wind tunnels: Testing on the ground before you take to the sky

NASA in Silicon Valley

Ames Research Center, one of 10 NASA field centers, is located in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. For more than 70 years, Ames has been a leader in conducting world-class research and development. Ames provides NASA with advancements in entry, descent and landing technologies, information technology, next-generation aviation improvements, astrobiology, airborne sciences and small satellite programs.