Visiting Ames

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NASA Exploration Center

Visitors are welcome to view exhibits from NASA Ames Research Center.

NASA Research Park

Building 19

NASA is developing a world-class R&D campus: the NASA Research Park.

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Who is Ames?

Joseph Sweetman Ames

Learn about NASA Ames' namesake.

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New NASA App 2.0 Released for iPhone, iPod Touch

NASA released Monday an updated version of the free NASA App for iPhone and iPod touch. The NASA App 2.0 includes several new features and a ...

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NASA Ames Helps Re-enter the Dragon

Decades of rigorous research, testing and development performed by Ames' engineers has garnered the respect of government and commercial entities.

The artist's concept depicts a comet-like tail of a possible disintegrating super Mercury-size planet candidate as it transits its parent star named KIC 12557548. At an orbital distance of only twice the diameter of its star, the surface temperature of the potential planet is estimated to be a swelt

NASA’s Kepler Detects Potential Evaporating Planet ...

Astronomers may have detected evidence of a possible planet disintegrating under the searing heat of its host star located 1,500 light-years from ...

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Kepler Mission Manager Update

April was a momentous time for the mission! The team received approval for a mission extension through fiscal year 2016.

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