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NASA-Sponsored Robotics Teams Gear Up for 2012
11.07.11 - The CalGames robot contests have begun! NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. is supporting two competitive high school robotics teams: Space Cookies Team 1868, and Cheesy Poofs Teams 252 and 254.
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Kepler Mission Manager Update
11.01.11 - Busy times are routine for the Kepler project team. Since my last update, we have announced several more confirmed planets -- Kepler-16b, and the Kepler 18 system (18b, 18c, and 18d).
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Kepler Corn Maze
10.28.11 - Aerial view of the Kepler Mission-themed corn maze at the Dell’Osso Family Farm in Lathrop, Calif.
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NASA Welcomes Diverse Groups with Tour of Facilities
10.26.11 - Ames and SACNAS are bringing together talented students to give them a tour of one of our country's leading, world-class research centers.
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NASA Collaborates to Create Disaster Management Technologies
10.24.11 - News media are invited to attend a demonstration of disaster management technologies on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. PDT at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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NASA Sponsors 2011 Western Region Robotics Competition
10.20.11 - The robotic wars have begun! High school students from throughout the western United States will test their skills in robotics during the Western Region Robotics Forum, 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. PDT Friday Oct. 21, and 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. PDT Saturday Oct. 22, 2011.
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NASA's Airborne Observatory Reaches New Heights Teaching Science
10.19.11 - NASA recently invited students and the general public to Ames Research Center to tour NASA's next generation airborne observatory, called SOFIA.
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National Science Conference Focuses on Diversity
10.18.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA’s Ames Research Center is supporting the efforts of the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) to bring together a national network of talented students and science professionals committed to increasing diverse individuals’ participation in science.
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NASA, Moffett Historical Society Launch USS Macon Airship Model
10.11.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The airship USS Macon arrived at Naval Air Station Moffett on October 15, 1933. To commemorate the event, NASA’s Ames Research Center and the Moffett Historical Society will mark its 78th anniversary by launching a 20-foot working model of the USS Macon on Saturday, October 15, 2011in Moffett’s Hangar Two.
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NASA Releases New Interactive Space Communications Game
10.11.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has released an interactive, educational video game called NetworKing that depicts how the Space Communication and Navigation (SCaN) network operates. The release of the video game coincides with the close of World Space Week, Oct. 4-10.
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NASA, Lockheed Martin to Host Space Weather Workshop
10.11.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – News media are invited to attend a "Space Weather Risks and Society" workshop at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., Oct. 15-16, 2011 to hear experts discuss solar storms and how to lessen their potential catastrophic impact on Earth.
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Kepler Mission-Themed Corn Maze Attracts More Than a Thousand Visitors
10.07.11 - More than a thousand visitors turned out for the Kepler Mission-themed corn maze on Oct. 1, 2011, hosted by NASA and the Dell’Osso Family Farm of Lathrop, Calif.
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NASA Offers Rare Opportunity to Tour Airborne Observatory
10.06.11 - Reporters are invited to explore NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. PDT on Oct. 14, 2011, at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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NASA Ames to Celebrate Moon at Festive Event
10.04.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., will host a free event celebrating the moon from noon to 11 p.m. PDT on Saturday, Oct. 8 to celebrate the 2011 International Observe the Moon Night.
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NASA Awards Historic Green Aviation Prize
10.03.11 - NASA has awarded the largest prize in aviation history, created to inspire the development of more fuel-efficient aircraft and spark the start of a new electric airplane industry.
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NASA Scientist Unveils New Chemical Detection Technology
09.30.11 - NASA scientists are creating technology that can detect hazardous chemical compounds in the air with a smart phone.
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President Obama Visits California’s Silicon Valley
09.30.11 - President Barack Obama’s arrival onboard Air Force One on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011 at Moffett Federal Airfield marked his first landing at NASA’s Ames Research Center.
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NASA Supercomputer Enables Largest Cosmological Simulations
09.29.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – Scientists have generated the largest and most realistic cosmological simulations of the evolving universe to-date, thanks to NASA’s powerful Pleiades supercomputer. Using the "Bolshoi" simulation code, researchers hope to explain how galaxies and other very large structures in the universe changed since the Big Bang.
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NASA Invites Media to Google Green Flight Challenge Expo
09.28.11 - Journalists will get an opportunity to view eight electric, biofueled and hybrid-powered aircraft up close on Oct. 3, 2011, at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
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NASA Announces California Tweetup To Tour Airborne Observatory
09.27.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA will host a Tweetup for 50 of its Twitter followers on Oct. 14 at the agency's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.