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  • National Full-Scale Aerodynamic Complex at NASA Ames Research Center.

    Ames Hosts Tests to Improve Fuel Efficiency

    02.08.10 - Saving the nation $10 billion annually in diesel fuel costs may be possible in a few years thanks to new devices developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, also known as LLNL of Livermore, Calif., that are now being tested at NASA’s Ames Research Center.

  • Tropi2 patch

    NASA to Study Seeds in Space to Understand Plant Growth

    02.05.10 - NASA scientists hope to better understand exactly how and why plants grow differently in space in an experiment named, Tropi.

  • Image of toadfish from USGS

    NASA Studies Nanomechanics of Inner Ear

    02.04.10 - Learning how to walk again after long-duration space flights is a problem astronauts face as they readjust to Earth’s gravity. To learn how microgravity affects human space travelers, NASA scientists studied the nanomechanics of hair cells in the inner ear.

  • Fiscal Year 2011 Budget graphic

    NASA Ames to Discuss 2011 Budget

    02.01.10 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden announced the administration's fiscal year 2011 budget request Monday by calling for change and a new era of innovation in America's approach to science and space exploration.

  • Collage of programs in NASA's 2011 budget.

    NASA Announces 2011 Budget News Conferences

    02.01.10 - NASA will hold news conferences on Monday, Feb. 1, and Tuesday, Feb. 2, to discuss the fiscal year 2011 budget request and announce bold new developments in the nation's civil space effort.

  • Collage of programs in NASA's 2011 budget

    NASA Ames to Host Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Briefings

    01.29.10 - NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency's fiscal year 2011 budget at noon PST on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.

  • Day of Remembrance

    NASA Day of Remembrance

    01.29.10 - NASA Day of Remembrance, Jan. 29, 2010

  • Image of NASA Research Park.

    NASA Adds Israeli Technical Expertise to Lunar Science Research at Ames

    01.27.10 - NASA and the Israel Space Agency have signed a joint statement that recognizes the Israel Network for Lunar Science and Exploration, or INLSE, as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute at the agency’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.

  • (left to right): S. Pete Worden, Hans Mark, Dale Compton, and William Ballhaus, Jr.

    Directors Panel

    01.26.10 - Center directors from present and past convened at NASA Ames on Jan. 22, 2010 to talk about Ames' rich history.

  • Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter target image. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

    NASA Invites Public to Pick Pixels on Mars

    01.20.10 - The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars will soon be taking photo suggestions from the public.

  • Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)

    SOFIA Telescope Assembly Activated In Flight

    01.20.10 - NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy successfully completed telescope assembly activation during an almost six-hour test flight Jan. 15.

  • Earth's moon, Venus, and an asteroid (not to scale).

    NASA Ames Plays Key Role in Proposed Space Missions

    01.19.10 - Scientists at NASA Ames are contributing to proposed missions to probe the atmosphere and crust of Venus and return a piece of a near-Earth asteroid for analysis on Earth.

  • artist concept of Kepler in space

    Kepler Mission Manager Update, Jan. 19, 2010

    01.19.10 - Kepler is continuing to collect science data.

  • NASA Ames' 70th Anniversary logo

    NASA Ames Celebrates 70th Anniversary with Festive Gala

    01.19.10 - News media are invited to attend NASA Ames Research Center's celebration of 70 years of innovation at a gala dinner on Jan. 23, 2010.

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Message

    NASA Salutes Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    01.13.10 - "Let each of us take time to offer that service within our communities, in our schools or any other place that we can be of assistance to the cause of making a better future."

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  • Artist's concept of the Sustainability Base at NASA Ames Research Center.

    NASA Technology to Enhance 'Green' Building's Efficiency

    01.14.10 - NASA today announced that it is collaborating with Integrated Building Solutions (IBS), Inc. to develop a next-generation intelligent, automated, and integrated environmental monitoring and management capability for office buildings and research environments.

  • Logo for NASA TV

    NASA TV to Move to Satellite AMC 3; Launch New Schedule

    01.11.10 - Effective Jan. 16, NASA TV's Public, Education and Media channels will be available for downlink on satellite AMC 3. Additionally, NASA TV has reformatted its online program schedule to improve its readability.

  • Office of the Chief Engineer (OCE) logo

    2010 Systems Engineering Excellence Award

    01.06.10 - NASA's Office of the Chief Engineer has announced the recipients of the first NASA Systems Engineering Award, including two people from NASA Ames Research Center.

  • This artist's concept shows a cloudy Jupiter-like planet that orbits very close to its fiery hot star.

    Kepler Telescope Discovers its First Five Exoplanets

    01.04.10 - NASA's Kepler space telescope, designed to find Earth-size planets in the habitable zone of sun-like stars, has discovered its first five new exoplanets.

  • Kepler's First Light image. NASA's Kepler mission has taken its first images of the star-rich sky where it will soon begin hunting for planets like Earth.

    NASA to Unveil Kepler Space Telescope Discoveries

    12.31.09 - CORRECTION – Remote participation dial-in information. (The phone number for news media to remotely participate in the news briefing has been changed. Please use the corrected version of this media advisory).