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  • Moffett Field Calif.-- A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state. Additional flights are planned for next week.

    California Governor Visits NASA Ames Research Center

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger visited NASA’s Ames Research Center today to see first-hand how the agency is helping firefighters battle the widespread wildfires raging throughout the state.

  • Image of the American River Fire Complex taken by the AMS Wildfire Scanner onboard the Ikhana UAV, July 8, 2008 at 10:40am. The yellow areas depict active fire areas. This image provides not only fire information but also vegetation type and burned area information. Photo Copyright: Google, Inc.

    NASA Responds to California Wildfire Emergency Imaging Request

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- A remotely piloted aircraft carrying a NASA sensor flew over much of California earlier this week, gathering information that will be used to help fight more than 300 wildfires burning within the state. Additional flights are planned for next week.

  • MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The main mirror for NASA’s new airborne eye on the universe is now ready for installation after being transformed from a carefully shaped and polished piece of glass into a highly reflective optical component at Ames Research Center.

    NASA Coats Main Mirror for Airborne Observatory

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The main mirror for NASA’s new airborne eye on the universe is now ready for installation after being transformed from a carefully shaped and polished piece of glass into a highly reflective optical component at Ames Research Center.

  • MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The power to visualize highly complex information in a way that’s easier for the human mind to grasp is taking a giant leap forward with the advent of NASA’s new hyperwall-2 system unveiled today at Ames Research Center.

    NASA Develops World's Highest Resolution Visualization System

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – The power to visualize highly complex information in a way that’s easier for the human mind to grasp is taking a giant leap forward with the advent of NASA’s new hyperwall-2 system unveiled today at Ames Research Center.

  • Image of LCROSS enter the thermal vacuum chamber at the Northrop Grumman facility in Redondo Beach, Calif.

    LCROSS Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing

  • This image was taken by an Expedition 17 crew member on the International Space Station. This view illustrates the diverse environment surrounding NASA's Ames Research Center.

    International Space Station Imagery

    This image was taken by an Expedition 17 crew member on the International Space Station. This view illustrates the diverse environment surrounding NASA's Ames Research Center.

  • MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- News media are invited to a trek on the moon -- or at least an earthly approximation of one.

    Lunar Rover Field Tests

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- News media are invited to a trek on the moon -- or at least an earthly approximation of one.

  • MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help prevent the spread of potentially deadly biohazards in water, food and other contaminated sources.

    NASA Nanotechnology-Based Biosensor Helps Detect Biohazards

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA has developed a revolutionary nanotechnology-based biosensor that can detect trace amounts of specific bacteria, viruses and parasites. This biosensor will be used to help prevent the spread of potentially deadly biohazards in water, food and other contaminated sources.

  • During the DC-8’s research flight over the Arctic on April 12, 2008, NASA photographer Eric James captured the plane’s shadow on sea ice as it passed low over the Bering Sea. Credit: NASA/Eric James

    Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS)

    Images from April 12, 2008 flight of DC-8 for Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS).

  • SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday the launch of NASA Education TV (NASA eTV), a partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) to produce new educational television programs for distribution on NASA Television and the Internet.

    NASA, NIA Announce NASA Education Television Partnership

    SAN JOSE, Calif. -- NASA Deputy Administrator Shana Dale announced Wednesday the launch of NASA Education TV (NASA eTV), a partnership with the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) to produce new educational television programs for distribution on NASA Television and the Internet.<

  • Yuri's night patrons enjoy interesting exhibits and displays

    Yuri's Night Bay Area 2008

    Yuri’s Night is a celebration of space exploration—and mankind’s curiosity, scientific ingenuity, technical achievements, and spirit of collaboration that have made it all possible.

  • NASA’s Ames Conducts Wind Tunnel Tests of Orion Abort System

    NASA’s Ames Conducts Wind Tunnel Tests of Orion Abort System

    Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., conducted wind tunnel tests of the Alternate Launch Abort System (ALAS) for the Orion spacecraft that will launch atop the Ares I launch vehicles.

  • NASA's SOFIA flying observatory was captured in striking relief during nighttime telescope characterization tests in Palmdale, Calif., in March 2008.

    SOFIA Telescope Operational Testing Continues

    The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization testing in March 2008 while the SOFIA 747SP aircraft that houses the German-built infrared telescope was parked on an unlit ramp next to its hangar at the NASA Dryden Flight Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif.

  • World's largest airborne observatory visits NASA Ames.

    World's Largest Airborne Observatory Visits NASA Ames

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The world’s largest airborne observatory will be briefly visiting NASA Ames Research Center and news media are invited for a tour.

  • Sensitive detectors that may help find habitable planets orbiting distant stars as part of NASA’s Kepler Mission are undergoing tests at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

    NASA Ames Conducts Tests of Kepler Mission Image Detectors

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – Sensitive detectors that may help find habitable planets orbiting distant stars as part of NASA’s Kepler Mission are undergoing tests at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

  • The bright and fertile minds of middle school students across the United States have cultivated their visions of what future cities must look like in order to support humankind's growing infrastructure needs.

    Teams Face Off at NASA's Ames in Future City Competition

    The bright and fertile minds of middle school students across the United States have cultivated their visions of what future cities must look like in order to support humankind's growing infrastructure needs. Soon they will put their conceptualizations to the test. This year’s focus: nanotechnology.

  • Left to right: Dave Holman and Robin Gray, experienced meteor observers, count Quadrantid meteors by clicking a computer mouse while watching a video taken by one of the cameras filming meteors out the windows of the aircraft.

    NASA Scientists Fly Over Arctic to Study New Year Meteor Shower

    NASA scientists and astronomers will take to the skies in the afternoon of Jan. 3 to observe nature's New Year's celebration: the Quadrantid meteor shower.

  • LCROSS flight hardware in clean room at NASA Ames Research with Jerry Wang of Ames EEL Lab, fabricating housing.

    NASA's Quest to Find Water on the Moon Moves Closer to Launch

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - Cameras and sensors that will look for the presence of water on the moon have completed validation tests and been shipped to the manufacturer of NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite.

  • In the foreground are two trays of germinating Arabidopsis seeds nestled among the rocks at the Haughton-Mars Project site in far-northern Canada.

    Looking Forward to Plants and Humans on the Moon, Mars and Beyond

    In the foreground are two trays of germinating Arabidopsis seeds nestled among the rocks at the Haughton-Mars Project site in far-northern Canada. This impact crater site on Devon Island is an earthly analog to the surface of Mars.

  • Artificial nucleotide binding protein from molecular dynamics simulation, from study of structure and functions of proteins in the origins of life.

    NASA Science, Engineering Featured at Supercomputing Conference

    MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA will showcase some of its most inspiring science and engineering achievements at Supercomputing 2007, the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC07) at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, Reno, Nevada, Nov. 10-16, 2007