NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Images of the Grass Valley Fire Taken from the NASA Ikhana Unmanned Airplane

Images of the Grass Valley fire taken from the NASA Ikhana Mission on Oct. 24, 2007.

Images of the Harris Fire Taken from the NASA Ikhana Unmanned Airplane

Images of the Harris fire taken from the NASA Ikhana Mission on Oct. 24, 2007.

Ikhana Unmanned Airplane Images of the Lick Fire

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. - NASA pilots plan to remotely fly the Ikhana unmanned airplane and its instruments that can see through smoke over the Lick wildfire near Gilroy, Calif., on Sept. 7, 2007.

Streptococcus pneumoniae Expression of Genes in Space (SPEGIS) Photos

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- When space shuttle Endeavour rocketed into space yesterday, it took along a common microorganism normally found in the upper respiratory tract of approximately 40 percent of the healthy human population.

International Space Station Software

David L. Iverson of NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., (closest to lens) led development of computer software to monitor the condition of the gyroscopes that keep the International Space Station (ISS) properly oriented in space as the ISS orbits Earth.

Space Shuttle Hand Held Wireless Scanner

A new space shuttle tile inspection method using NASA-built, wireless scanners will replace manual inspection of the tiles beginning with the STS-118 mission.

Orion Sample Scanner

Engineers who are developing a heat shield system for NASA's new spaceship, the Orion, are using a desktop scanner to study heat shield samples being tested in the arc jet facility at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

NASA Liquid-Mirror Telescope on Moon Might See Deeper Back in Time

Someday, astronauts on the moon may pour liquid onto a disc-shaped mesh to make a huge mirror for a powerful telescope, according to a technical article just made public.

STS-117 Launch Event at the NASA Ames Exploration Center

An enthusiastic public watch the Space Shuttle Atlantis launch at the NASA Ames Exploration Center.

Jupiter Flyby

NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft returned images of Jupiter and its moons as the probe was flying past the solar system's largest planet during the initial stages of a planned six-month encounter.

Kepler Briefing for News Media

Images taken April 12, 2006, at briefing for news media during the second day of the two-day Kepler science meeting at the SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif.

Antarctic Dry Valleys

NASA Ames researchers searching for clues to explain how liquid water can exisit in cold, dry places on Earth in the most Mars-like conditions. Their discoveries can help scientists hypothesize about life on Mars.

NASA 'Image Fusion' Will Help Doctors Examine Astronauts' Hearts in Space

NASA scientists are studying ways to improve space medicine to tackle space travel's medical challenges. One effort is to develop 'image fusion.' In this process, clear, sharp x-rays and other high-resolution, scanned images of astronauts taken on Earth will be combined with less sharp sonograms taken onboard spacecraft to enhance those images.

NASA Studies Life's Limits in China's Extreme Deserts

Kepler Artist Composites

Kepler mission artist composites.

Mars Oxidant Instrument (MOI)

The Mars Oxidant Instrument (MOI), was developed at NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., in collaboration with the SETI Institute, Mountain View, Calif., and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS)

The LCROSS mission will help determine if there is water hidden in the permanently dark craters of one of the Moon's poles. If there are substantial amounts of water ice there, it could be used by astronauts to make rocket fuel when they later visit the Moon.

Bigelow Spacecraft Carries NASA 'GeneBox' to Orbit

A NASA 'GeneBox' payload is now orbiting Earth as a passenger inside Bigelow Corporation's one-third scale, inflatable Genesis I test spacecraft.

Stardust Comet Aerogel

Andrew Westphal, Christopher Snead and Zack Gainsforth have produced over 100 keystones from the Stardust comet aerogel in UC Berkeley.

Mars Underground Mole

The Mars Underground Mole was integrated onto the K10 Rover and tested in the Ames Marscape on November 17, 2006.