Features and News

NASA to Host Journalist Andy Chaikin at Public Lecture

View of Earth from the moon.
07.01.09

Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin will be the featured speaker on Thursday, July 9, 2009, at NASA Ames Research Center.

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NASA Exploration Exhibit Tours Washington State

NASA Exploration Experience exhibit
06.30.09

America’s plans for opening the space frontier are featured in an interactive exhibit scheduled to tour Washington State July 8-25, 2009.

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Ceremony Inaugurates University Programs at NASA

A class photo of the International Space University’s 2009 Space Studies Program.
06.30.09

The first International Space University Opening Ceremony held at a NASA center drew more than 500 guests for a multimedia celebration of exploration on Monday, June 29, 2009.

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More Features and News

  • Image of planets in the solar system.

    NASA and International Space University Host Panels

    06.29.09 - You are invited to join students at NASA Ames Research Center for the 2009 International Space University Space Studies Program for a series of Space Panels in July and August.

  • ISU SSP 2009 poster

    NASA Webcasts Universities' Opening Ceremony Live

    06.28.09 - NASA Ames will broadcast live online as it welcomes more than 500 guests for the International Space University and Singularity University Opening Ceremony on June 29, 2009.

  • Astronaut Harrison Schmitt on the moon.

    NASA Partners With California Space Authority

    06.25.09 - NASA today announced that it has signed an agreement with the California Space Authority, Inc., (CSA) to collaborate on participatory science and public outreach using a simulated lunar surface environment.

  • Earth from space.

    Astronauts Talk to University Students Live from Space

    06.24.09 - News media are invited to join students as they interact with astronauts aboard the International Space Station on June 30, 2009, at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

  • ISU SSP 2009 poster

    NASA Kicks Off 2009 International University Programs

    06.23.09 - NASA Ames Research Center will welcome more than 500 guests from nearly 40 countries for the International Space University and Singularity University Opening Ceremony on June 29, 2009.

  • One of the first images from the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) using the visible light camera during the swingby of the moon.

    NASA Moon Impactor Completes Lunar Maneuver

    06.23.09 - The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, successfully completed its most significant early mission milestone Tuesday with a lunar swingby and calibration of its science instruments.

Spotlight on Ames

  • ISU SSP 2009 poster

    ISU SSP 2009

    The International Space University Space Studies Program 2009 is here at Ames this summer.

  • LCROSS

    LCROSS

    The LCROSS mission's objective is to confirm the presence or absence of water ice in a permanently shadowed crater at the moon's South Pole.

  • Kepler spacecraft

    Kepler

    Kepler will monitor 100,000 stars, searching for signs of planets -- including ones as small as or smaller than Earth.

  • Pharmasat Logo

    PharmaSat

    PharmaSat will measure the influence of microgravity upon yeast resistance to an antifungal agent.

  • Image of Hangar One.

    Hangar One

    Latest information about Hangar One

  • Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

    SOFIA

    SOFIA is an airborne observatory that will complement the Hubble, Spitzer, Herschel and James Webb space telescopes, as well as major Earth-based telescopes.

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