Browse Archive
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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.
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NASA's Kepler Spacecraft Featured in Unique Maze
09.26.11 - MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – News media are invited to visit Space Farm 7, a unique corn maze commemorating 50 years of human spaceflight by NASA and the Dell'Osso Family Farm in Lathrop, Calif., at 12 p.m. PDT on Oct. 1, 2011.
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NASA Partners Uncover New Hypothesis on Crater Debris
09.26.11 - A team of researchers partnered with the NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) has developed a new hypothesis for the origin of crater ejecta—debris that is launched out of a crater during meteorite impacts.
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NASA, DOE to Construct 'Greenest' Federal Building
09.22.11 - NASA Ames and the Department of Energy are collaborating on what may be the "greenest" building in the federal government.
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The Sounds of NASA Available for Download
09.22.11 - Historic and interesting sounds and sound bites from NASA space missions are available for download as ringtones or on your computer for events, errors, alarms and notifications.
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NASA, CAFE Host Google Green Flight Challenge Expo
09.21.11 - The public will get an opportunity early in October to view electric, biofueled and hybrid-powered aircraft up close at NASA Ames.
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Deployment Update
09.22.11 - NASA’s Flying Telescope Showcased at Joint Base Andrews
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Green Skies Over Santa Rosa
09.20.11 - U.S. teams are preparing to test electric, biofueled and hybrid-powered aircraft, vying to be the most fuel-efficient small aircraft in the world.